Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Section 48

BNS 48: a new section, with no IPC counterpart

Section 48 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is new: no section of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to it. BNS 48 deals with abetment outside India for offence in India. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Its full text is set out below.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

BNS 48 is new.

Abetment outside India for offence in India. · No IPC section corresponds to it.

New
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. IV
s. 48
Abetment outside India for offence in India.
A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, without and beyond India, abets the commission of any act in India which would constitute an offence if committed in India.
Illustration.
A, in country X, instigates B, to commit a murder in India, A is guilty of abetting murder.
Text from India Code
BNS 47 · Abetment in India of offences outside India.BNS 49 · Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.

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