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

Summary

If a person is in India and helps someone commit an act outside India, and that act would be a crime if it were done inside India, then that person is considered to have abetted that crime under this Code. This means the law applies to abetment that happens within India even if the actual crime is planned or carried out in another country.

Official Text

A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Code who, in India, abets the commission of any act without and beyond India which would constitute an offence if committed in India.

Related Judgments

• MOBARIK ALI AHMED v. THE STATE OF BOMBAY — Supreme Court of India (1958)
• ...Petitioners in all Crl.Ops vs A. Ravi — Madras High Court (2012)
• ... Petitioner vs 1. The Inspector of Police, — Madras High Court (2017)
• ...Petitioners/Accused 1 to 3 in all Crl.O.Ps vs K.Rangarajan — Madras High Court (2012)
• (in all Crl.O.Ps) vs K.Periyannan — Madras High Court (2012)
• SMT. GIAN KAUR ETC. ETC v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB ETC. ETC. MARCH 21, 1996 — Supreme Court of India (1996)
• CRL OP(MD)/9777/2016 — Madras High Court ()
• .. Petitioner/Accused No.1 vs 1. State (S.I. of Police), — Madras High Court (2013)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §47 — Abetment in India of offences outside India