The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 54 BNS | BNS 54 Whenever any person, who is absent would be liable to be punished as an abettor, is present when the act or offence for which he would be punishable in consequence of the abetment is committed, he shall be deemed to have committed such act or offence. Reference Link: New … Read more

Section 52 BNS | BNS 52 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 … Read more

Section 51 BNS | BNS 51 | BNS Section 51 When an act is abetted and a different act is done, the abettor is liable for the act done, in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had directly abetted it: Provided that the act done was a probable consequence of … Read more

Section 50 BNS Whoever abets the commission of an offence shall, if the person abetted does the act with a different intention or knowledge from that of the abettor, be punished with the punishment provided for the offence which would have been committed if the act had been done with the intention or knowledge of … Read more

Section 49 BNS | BNS 49 Whoever abets any offence shall, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this Sanhita for the punishment of such abetment, be punished with the punishment provided for the offence. Explanation— An act or offence is said to be … Read more

Section 47 BNS | BNS 47 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 … Read more

Section 46 BNS | BNS 46 | BNS Section 46 A person abets an offence, who abets either the commission of an offence, or the commission of an act which would be an offence, if committed by a person capable by law of committing an offence with the same intention or knowledge as that of … Read more

Section 45 BNS | BNS 45 | BNS Section 45 A person abets the doing of a thing, who— (a) instigates any person to do that thing; or (b) engages with one or more other person or persons in any conspiracy for the doing of that thing, if an act or illegal omission takes place … Read more

Section 44 BNS | BNS 44 | BNS Section 44 If in the exercise of the right of private defence against an assault which reasonably causes the apprehension of death, the defender be so situated that he cannot effectually exercise that right without risk of harm to an innocent person, his right of private defence … Read more