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Section 57 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
57. Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons.
Whoever abets the commission of an offence by the public generally or by any number or class of persons exceeding ten, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years and with fine.
Illustration.
A affixes in a public place a placard instigating a sect consisting of more than ten members to meet at a certain time and place, for the purpose of attacking the members of an adverse sect, while engaged in a procession. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
Related Sections
- Section 48: Abetment outside India for offence in India
- Section 250: Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
- Section 353: Statements conducing to public mischief
- Section 181: Making or Possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 267: Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
Related Acts
- National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Act, 2018
- Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
- Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016
- Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
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