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CHAPTER IV OF ABETMENT, CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND ATTEMPT · of abetment

Section 47: Abetment in India of offences outside India

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, in India, abets the commission of any act without and beyond India which would constitute an offence if committed in India.

Illustration.

A, in India, instigates B, a foreigner in country X, to commit a murder in that country, A is guilty of abetting murder.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

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