IPC Section 113 — Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor

Summary

If someone helps or encourages another person to commit an act intending a specific result, but the act actually causes a different result, the person who helped is still responsible for that different result. This applies only if the person knew, at the time of helping, that the act they were encouraging was likely to cause that different result. In that case, the law treats them as if they had intended to cause that different result from the start.

Official Text

When an act is abetted with the intention on the part of the abettor of causing a particular effect, and an act for which the abettor is liable in consequence of the abetment, causes a different effect from that intended by the abettor, the abettor is liable for the effect caused, in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had abetted the act with the intention of causing that effect, provided he knew that the act abetted was likely to cause that effect.

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)
• MIS. NANDRAM HUNATRAM, CALCUTTA v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. M — Supreme Court of India (S)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §53 — Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor