Section 54: Abettor present when offence is committed

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

Leading cases

• Paparambaka Rosamma v. State of Andhra Pradesh (1999)Decided on IPC section 114The Court set aside convictions under Sections 498-A and 302 IPC that rested only on a dying declaration, because the doctor certified only that the injured was conscious, not that she was in a fit state of mind.

Questions on this section

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1. 1. Under Section 54 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, when a person who would be liable to be punished as an abettor if absent is present when the act or offence is committed, he

   A.shall be liable only if he also physically took part in itB.shall be punished with half the punishment for that offenceC.shall be deemed to have committed such act or offenceD.shall be liable only as an abettor and not as a principal
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