Section 115State of Jammu-Kashmir Act
Section 115: Abetment of offence punishable with death or, imprisonment for life if offence not committed
Abetment of offence punishable with death or, imprisonment for life if offence not committed.
- Whoever abets the commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, shall, if that offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this Code for the punishment of such abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine;If act causing harm be done in consequence. - and if any act for which the abettor is liable in consequence of the abetment, and which causes hurt to any person, is done, the abettor shall be liable to imprisonment, of either description for a term which may extend to fourteen years, and shall also be liable to fine.IllustrationA instigates B to murder Z. The offence is not committed. If B had murdered Z, he would have been subject to the punishment of death or imprisonment for life. Therefore A is liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and also to a fine; and, if any hurt be done to Z in consequence of the abetment, he will be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years, and to fine.Previous
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