Section 109 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Explained!
Legal Provisions of Section 109 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provisions is made for its punishment:This section provides for punishment to be meted out to an abettor. It says that wherever the act abetted has been committed in consequence of the abetment and there is no express provision in the Code regarding punishment of such abetment the abettor shall be punished with the punishment provided for the offence. Since abetment can be only by instigation, by conspiracy or by aiding, the explanation under this section states that act committed in consequence of abetment shall mean act committed in consequence of either of the three modes of committing abetment. ADVERTISEMENTS: The word ‘offence’ has the same meaning…