section 108A indian penal code

INDIAN PENAL CODE

Section 108A: Abetment In India Of Offences Outside India

108A¹. Abetment In India Of Offences Outside India::-- A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Code who, in India², abets the commission of any act without and beyond India which would constitute an offence if committed in India.

Illustration

A, in India, instigates B, a foreigner in Goa, to commit a murder in Goa. A is guilty of abetting murder.

COMMENTS

Goa is now a part of the Indian Territory. The illustration therefore becomes obsolete.

 1. Added by Act 4 of 1898, sec. 3.

2. The words “British India” have successively been subs. by the A.O. 1948, the A.O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, sec. 3 and Sch., to read as above.