BNS Section 47 — Abetment in India of offences outside India
Section 47 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Abetment in India of offences outside India”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
47. Abetment in India of offences outside India.—A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, in India, abets the commission of any act without and beyond India which would constitute an offence if committed in India. ¶
Illustration. A, in India, instigates B, a foreigner in country X, to commit a murder in that country, A is guilty of abetting murder. ¶
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