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Section 52 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
52. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.
If the act for which the abettor is liable under section 51 is committed in addition to the act abetted, and constitute a distinct offence, the abettor is liable to punishment for each of the offences.
A instigates B to resist by force a distress made by a public servant. B, in consequence, resists that distress. In offering the resistance, B voluntarily causes grievous hurt to the officer executing the distress. As B has committed both the offence of resisting the distress, and the offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, B is liable to punishment for both these offences; and, if A knew that B was likely voluntarily to cause grievous hurt in resisting the distress, A will also be liable to punishment for each of the offences.
Related Sections
- Section 243: Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
- Section 286: Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance
- Section 323: Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property
- Section 93: Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it
- Section 185: Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used