Indian Contract Act, 1872
224. Non-liability of employer of agent
to do a criminal act
Where one person employees another to do an act which is
criminal, the employer is not liable to the agent, either upon an express or an
implied promise to indemnify him against the consequences of that Act.
Illustrations
(a) A employs B to beat C, and agrees to indemnify him against
all consequences of the act. B thereupon beats C, and has to pay damages to C
for so doing. A is not liable to indemnify B for those damages.
(b) B, the proprietor of a newspaper, publishes, at A's request,
a libel upon C in the paper, and A agrees to indemnify B against the
consequences of the publication, and all costs and damages of any action in
respect thereof. B is sued by C and has to pay damages, and also incurs
expenses. A is not liable to B upon the indemnity.