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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 109

PUNISHMENT OF ABETMENT IF THE ACT ABETTED IS COMMITTED IN CONSEQUENCE AND WHERE NO EXPRESS PROVISION IS MADE FOR ITS

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 109 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - PUNISHMENT OF ABETMENT IF THE ACT ABETTED IS COMMITTED IN CONSEQUENCE AND WHERE NO EXPRESS PROVISION IS MADE FOR ITS. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) A offers a bribe to B, a public Servant, as a reward for showing A some favour in the exercise of B's official functions. B accepts the bribe. A has abetted the offence defined in section 161.

(b) A instigates B to give false evidence. B, in consequence of the instigation, commits that offence. A is guilty of abetting that offence, and is liable to the same punishment as B.

(c) A and B conspire to poison Z. A, in pursuance of the conspiracy, procures the poison and delivers it to B in order that he may administer it to Z. B, in pursuance of the conspiracy, administers poison to Z in A's absence and thereby causes Z's death. Here B is guilty of murder.A is guilty of abetting that offence by conspiracy, and is liable to the punishment for murder.

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Section Section 109 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (PUNISHMENT OF ABETMENT IF THE ACT ABETTED IS COMMITTED IN CONSEQUENCE AND WHERE NO EXPRESS PROVISION IS MADE FOR ITS) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. 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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