BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 48 — Abetment outside India for offence in India.
Replaces IPC Section -.
A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, without and beyond India, abets the commission of any act in India which would constitute an offence if committed in India. Illustration . A, in country X, instigates B, to commit a murder in India, A is guilty of abetting murder.
Nearby sections
- 45 Abetment of a thing.
- 46 Abettor.
- 47 Abetment in India of offences outside India.
- 49 Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.
- 50 Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor.
- 51 Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done.
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