IPC Section 112 - Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done

112. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done. If the act

for which the abettor is liable under the last preceding section 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 th ese offences; and,

if A knew that B was likely voluntarily to cause grievous hurt in resisting the distress A will also be liable to punis hment for each

of the offences.