IPC 112 — Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

If  the act  for which the abettor is liable under the last  preceding section  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.

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