CaseMinister
CaseMinister › Sections › BNS › Section 48

BNS Section 48: Abetment outside India for offence in India

Section 48 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with abetment outside India for offence in India. It has no direct equivalent in the Indian Penal Code, 1860; it is new in the BNS.

Text of BNS Section 48

48. 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, incountry X, instigates B, to commit a murder in India, A is guilty of abetting murder.

Ask CaseMinister about BNS 48

Get the judgments that apply this section, with the paragraph relied on in each and what later Benches said about it. Two answers free on WhatsApp, no signup.

← BNS 47BNS 49 →