INTRODUCTION Law keeps a check on human behaviour. It categorizes them into criminal and non-criminal behaviours. However, every non-criminal behaviour even something as simple as buying a knife for your kitchen becomes criminal when there are criminal intentions behind it. The concept of abetment widens the horizons of criminal law to incorporate these criminal intentionsContinue reading “ABETMENT UNDER THE INDIAN PENAL CODE”
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TYPES OF ABETMENT UNDER THE INDIAN PENAL CODE
Abetment by Instigation A person is said to ‘instigate’ another to an act, when he actively suggests or stimulates him to the act by any means of language, direct or indirect, whether it takes the form of express solicitation, or of hints, insinuation or encouragement. The law does not require that instigation, in a caseContinue reading “TYPES OF ABETMENT UNDER THE INDIAN PENAL CODE”