● Retained in BNS
Section 107 defines what conduct amounts to "abetment" -- instigating, conspiring toward, or intentionally aiding an act -- and is now BNS Section 45. This is an entirely different, unrelated provision from the already-published "BNS 107" page on this site (abetment of a child or unsound-mind person's suicide), which shares only the number 107 by coincidence across the two codes.
Section 107 IPC defined abetment as instigating a person to do a thing, engaging in a conspiracy for its doing where an act or illegal omission takes place in pursuance of that conspiracy, or intentionally aiding its doing by act or illegal omission -- two Explanations further defined instigation by wilful misrepresentation and what counts as "aiding."
BNS Section 45 reproduces the definition, both Explanations and the illustration essentially verbatim, relettering "First/Secondly/Thirdly" as clauses (a)/(b)/(c). No substantive change.
Unchanged in substance. Pure renumbering from IPC 107 to BNS 45.
This is a definitional provision, not an offence; the punishment for abetment is carried by separate sections (BNS 49/50/51, corresponding to old IPC 109/110/111). Note: do not confuse this page with "BNS 107," an unrelated provision on this site covering abetment of suicide.
Summaries are for general information and are not legal advice. For the authoritative bare-act text, see the official Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Indian Penal Code, 1860 (full amended text, as it stood before repeal) on India Code, or the Ministry of Home Affairs' new criminal laws page. ← All comparisons