Indian Penal Code, 1860
107.
Abetment of a thing
A person abets the
doing of a thing, who -
First-
Instigates any person to do that thing; or
Secondly- Engages with
one or more other person or persons in any conspiracy for the doing of that
thing, if an act or illegal omission takes place in pursuance of that
conspiracy, and in order to the doing of that thing; or
Thirdly-
Intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the doing of that thing.
Explanation 1- A person who by willful misrepresentation, or by willful
concealment of a material fact which he is bound to disclose, voluntarily
causes or procures, or attempts to cause or procure, a thing to be done, is
said to instigate the doing of that thing.
Illustration
A, a public officer,
is authorized by a warrant from a Court of Justice to apprehend Z. B, knowing
that fact and also that C is not Z, willfully represents to A that C is Z, and
thereby intentionally causes A to apprehend C. Here B abets by instigation the
apprehension of C.
Explanation 2- Whoever, either prior to or at the time of the commission
of an act, does anything in order to facilitate the commission of that act, and
thereby facilitate the commission thereof, is said to aid the doing of that
act.