Multiple choice

Under the Indian Penal Code, abetment is constituted by

  1. instigating a person to commit an offence

  2. engaging in a conspiracy to commit an offence

  3. intentionally aiding a person to commit an offence

  4. All of the above

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Under section 107 of the Indian Penal Code, a person abets the doing of a thing, who First: Instigates any person to do that thing; or Second: Engages with one or more persons in any conspiracy for the doing of that thing if an act or illegal omission takes place in pursuance of that conspiracy and in order to the doing of that thing; or Third: Intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the doing of that thing.