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Section 112State of Jammu-Kashmir Act

Section 112: Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done

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

- If the act for which the abettor is liable under the last proceeding section is committed in addition to the act abetted, and constitutes a distinct offence, the abettor is liable to punishment for each of the offences.IllustrationA 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 cause 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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