IPC Section 110 — Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor

Summary

If a person helps or encourages someone to commit an offence, and that person actually does the act but with a different intention or knowledge than what the helper had, the helper will still be punished. The punishment will be the same as if the act had been done exactly with the helper's own intention or knowledge, and no other.

Official Text

Whoever abets the commission of an offence shall, if the person abetted does the act with a different intention or knowledge from that of the abettor, be punished with the punishment provided for the offence which would have been committed if the act had been done with the intention or knowledge of the abettor and with no other.

Related Judgments

• .. Petitioner vs 1. The State of Tamil Nadu — Madras High Court (2007)
• ... Appellant/Accused vs State represented by — Madras High Court (2014)
• 2007/Accused -2 vs 1.State represented by — Madras High Court (2007)
• ..Petitioners vs 1.The District Collector, — Madras High Court (2006)
• SMT. GIAN KAUR ETC. ETC v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB ETC. ETC. MARCH 21, 1996 — Supreme Court of India (1996)
• RANJITSING BRAHMAJEETSING SHARMA v. ST A TE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR. APRIL 7, 2005 — Supreme Court of India (2005)
• SOMU v. THE STATE REP. BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2020)
• STATE OF PUNJAB AND K.IRP A SHANKAR RAJ v. STATE OF U.P. MARCH 11, 1994 — Supreme Court of India (1994)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §50 — Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor