BNS 52 — Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

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 public servant.
B,  in  consequence,  resists  that  distress.  In  offering  the  resistance,  B
voluntarily causes grievous hurt to the officer executing the distress. As B
has committed both the offence of resisting the distress, and the offence of
voluntarily causing grievous hurt, B is liable to punishment for both these
offences; and, if A knew that B was likely voluntarily to cause grievous hurt
in resisting the distress, A will also be liable to punishment for each of the
offences.
Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from
that intended by abettor.

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