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Section 55 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
55. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
Whoever abets the commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, shall, if that offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made under this Sanhita for the punishment of such abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if any act for which the abettor is liable in consequence of the abetment, and which causes hurt to any person, is done, the abettor shall be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to fourteen years, and shall also be liable to fine.
A instigates B to murder Z. The offence is not committed. If B had murdered Z, he would have been subject to the punishment of death or imprisonment for life. Therefore, A is liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and also to a fine; and if any hurt be done to Z in consequence of the abetment, he will be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years, and to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 103: Punishment for murder
- Section 52: Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
- Section 198: Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
- Section 97: Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person
- Section 330: House-trespass and housebreaking
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- National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019
- National Forensic Sciences University Act, 2020
- The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019