IPC Section 107: Abetment of a thing
Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter 5: Abetment
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).
¶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 wilful misrepresentation, or by wilful 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, wilfully 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
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNS 45 (same provision). IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28), p4
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Other sections in this chapter
- 108. Abettor
- 108A. Abetment in India of offences outside India
- 109. Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment
- 110. Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
- 111. Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
- 112. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
- 113. Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
- 114. Abettor present when offence is committed
- 115. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life-if offence not committed
- 116. Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment-if offence be not committed
- 117. Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons
- 118. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
- 119. Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent
- 120. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment