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Section 107 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
107. Abetment of a thing
A person abets the doing of a thing, who -
First- Instigates any person to do that thing; or
Secondly- Engages with one or more other person or persons in any conspiracy for the doing of that thing, if an act or illegal omission takes place in pursuance of that conspiracy, and in order to the doing of that thing; or
Thirdly- Intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the doing of that thing.
Explanation 1- A person who by willful misrepresentation, or by willful concealment of a material fact which he is bound to disclose, voluntarily causes or procures, or attempts to cause or procure, a thing to be done, is said to instigate the doing of that thing.
Illustration
A, a public officer, is authorized by a warrant from a Court of Justice to apprehend Z. B, knowing that fact and also that C is not Z, willfully represents to A that C is Z, and thereby intentionally causes A to apprehend C. Here B abets by instigation the apprehension of C.
Explanation 2- Whoever, either prior to or at the time of the commission of an act, does anything in order to facilitate the commission of that act, and thereby facilitate the commission thereof, is said to aid the doing of that act.
Related Sections
- Section 381: Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master
- Section 365: Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person
- Section 348: Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property
- Section 389: Putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion
- Section 371: Habitual dealing in slaves