VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 114: Abettor present when offence is committed

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter V — Of Abetment

114. Whenever any person who if 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. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life-if offence is not committed.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.