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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 84B

Punishment for Abetment of Offences

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Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 84B is part of Information Technology Act, 2000 - Punishment for Abetment of Offences. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[84B. Punishment for abetment of offences. - Whoever abets any offence shall, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this Act for the punishment of such abetment, be punished with the punishment provided for the offence under this Act.

Explanation.-An act or offence is said to be committed in consequence of abetment, when it is committed in consequence of the instigation, or in pursuance of the conspiracy, or with the aid which constitutes the abetment.]

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1. Inserted vide Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008.

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What does Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 84B provide?

Section Section 84B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Punishment for Abetment of Offences) is reproduced on this page as part of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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