BNS Section 54 — Abettor present when offence is committed
Section 54 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Abettor present when offence is committed”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
54. Abettor present when offence is committed.—Whenever any person, who is absent would be liable to be punished as an abettor, is present when the act or offence for which he would be punishable in consequence of the abetment is committed, he shall be deemed to have committed such act or offence. ¶
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