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

Section 52: Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

If the act for which the abettor is liable under section 51 is committed in addition to the act abetted, and constitute a distinct offence, the abettor is liable to punishment for each of the offences.

Illustration.

A instigates B to resist by force a distress made by a public servant. B, in consequence, resists that distress. In offering the resistance, B voluntarily causes grievous hurt to the officer executing the distress. As B has committed both the offence of resisting the distress, and the offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, B is liable to punishment for both these offences; and, if A knew that B was likely voluntarily to cause grievous hurt in resisting the distress, A will also be liable to punishment for each of the offences.

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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  1. 1. A instigates B to resist by force a distress being made by a public servant. B resists the distress and, in doing so, voluntarily causes grievous hurt to the officer executing it. A knew that B was likely to cause grievous hurt in resisting. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A is liable to

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