BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 50 — Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor.
Replaces IPC Section 110.
Whoever abets the commission of an offence shall, if the person abetted does the act with a different intention or knowledge from that of the abettor, be punished with the punishment provided for the offence which would have been committed if the act had been done with the intention or knowledge of the abettor and with no other.
Nearby sections
- 47 Abetment in India of offences outside India.
- 48 Abetment outside India for offence in India.
- 49 Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.
- 51 Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done.
- 52 Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.
- 53 Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor.
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