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Section 108A IPC — Abetment in India of offences outside India

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 40

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1*[108A. Abetment in India of offences outside India.--A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Code who, in 2*[India], abets the commission of any act without and beyond 2*[India] which would constitute an offence if committed in 2*[India].

Illustration A, in 2*[India], instigates B, a foreigner in Goa, to commit a murder in Goa, A is guilty of abetting murder.]

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