Section 50 Earlier IPC 110
Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
Chapter 4: Abetment, criminal conspiracy and attempt
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.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 47Abetment in India of offences outside IndiaIPC 108A
- 48Abetment outside India for offence in India
- 49Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishmentIPC 109
- 51Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act doneIPC 111
- 52Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act doneIPC 112
- 53Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettorIPC 113