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CHAPTER VII OF OFFENCES RELATINGTO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE

Section 134: Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever abets an assault by an officer, soldier, 1[sailor or airman], in the Army, 2[Navy or Air Force] of the 3[Government of India], on any superior officer being in the execution of his office, shall, if such assault be committed in consequence of that abetment be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 10 of 1927, s. 2 and the First Sch., for “or sailor”.
  2. 2.Subs. by s. 2 and the First Sch., ibid., for “or Navy”.
  3. 3.Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “Queen”.

Now in the BNS

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

134. Abetment of such assault, if the assault committed.BNS 162

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