BNS Section 50 — Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
Section 50 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
50. Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor.—Whoever abets the commission of an offence shall, if the person abetted does the act with a different intention or knowledge from that of the abettor, be punished with the punishment provided for the offence which would have been committed if the act had been done with the intention or knowledge of the abettor and with no other. ¶
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