This section covers abettor when liable to cumulative punishment in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done. If the act for which the abettor is liable under section 51 is committed in addition to the act abetted, and constitute a distinct offence, the abettor is liable to punishment for each of the offences.
Illustration: A instigates B to resist by force a distress made by a public servant. B, in consequence, resists that distress. In offering the resistance, B voluntarily causes grievous hurt to the officer executing the distress. As B has committed both the offence of resisting the distress, and the offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, B is liable to punishment for both these offences; and, if A knew that B was likely voluntarily to cause grievous hurt in resisting the distress, A will also be liable to punishment for each of the offences.
What was the old IPC code for Section 52 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, abettor when liable to cumulative punishment was covered in S. 112.