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

Section 48: Abetment outside India for offence in India

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

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.

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

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