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Section 54 BNS — Abettor present when offence is committed

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 20

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54.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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