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B.N.S. 2023

Section 45, B.N.S.

In force from 1 July 2024

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B.N.S.

Abetment

When a crime is reported, the first question is: who did it? A good lawyer asks a second question: who made it happen? The person caught with the stolen goods is often only the last link in a chain. Behind that person, someone may have planted the idea, someone may have shaken hands on the plan, an…

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Practice MCQs

2 practice questions test this section.

  1. 1 A necklace is stolen from a hotel guest. The next day, X knowingly buys the stolen necklace from the thief. According to the lecture, is X an abettor of the theft by aid?
  2. 2 In Madan Mohan Singh v. State of Gujarat, the Supreme Court quashed an F.I.R. that accused a senior B.S.N.L. officer of abetting his driver's suicide. Which reasoning, as described in the lecture, did the Court use?
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Official text

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