IPC Section 115 — Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life if offence not committed

Summary

If a person encourages or helps someone else to plan a crime that could be punished by death or life imprisonment, and that crime does not actually happen because of that encouragement, then the person who gave the encouragement can be sent to jail for up to seven years and also fined. This rule applies only when no other specific punishment for that kind of encouragement is already written in the law.

Official Text

Whoever abets the commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, shall, if that offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this Code for the punishment of such abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine;

Related Judgments

• BACHAN SINGH v. PUNJAB — Supreme Court of India (1983)
• ...Petitioners in all Crl.Ops vs A. Ravi — Madras High Court (2012)
• : Appellant/De facto complainant in Crl.A.(MD).No.251 of 2016. vs State, Rep by the Inspector of Police, — Madras High Court ()
• J STATE THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CBI/SIT ETC v. NALINI AND ORS. ETC. ETC. MAY 11, 1999 — Supreme Court of India (1999)
• PUNJAB AND SINDH BANK v. VINKAR SAHAKARI BANK LTD. AND ORS. SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION v. K.M. SHARAN — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• JAMUNA SINGH v. STATE — Supreme Court of India (1967)
• S.C.R. 1027 1027 MOHD. FIROZ v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Supreme Court of India (2022)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §55 — Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life