Of Abetment
IPC Section 117 - Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 117 deals with abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons.
Full official legal text
117. Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons. Whoever abets
the commission of an offence by the public generally or by any number or class of persons exceeding ten,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three yea rs, or
with fine, or with both.
Illustration
A affixes in a public place a placard instigating a sect consisting of more than ten members to meet at a certain time and
place, for the purpose of attacking the members of an adverse sect, while engaged in a procession. A has committed the o ffence
defined in this section.
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