Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter V: Of Abetment
Section 108A: Abetment in Indian of offences outside India
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
A person who, in India, abets an act outside India that would be an offence if committed in India, abets an offence under this Code.
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Official text
A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Code who, in [India], abets the commission of any act without and beyond [India] which would constitute an offence if committed in [India].
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.