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A, a police officer, has a warrant of arrest for B. He asked D as to the identity of B. D knowingly…

By knowingly misrepresenting Z as B and thereby causing A to arrest Z, D intentionally instigates the wrongful arrest. Under Explanation 1 to section 45 of the Bharatiya…

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A, a police officer, has a warrant of arrest for B. He asked D as to the identity of B. D knowingly tells A that Z is B and consequently A arrests Z:

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By knowingly misrepresenting Z as B and thereby causing A to arrest Z, D intentionally instigates the wrongful arrest. Under Explanation 1 to section 45 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 107 IPC), a person who by wilful misrepresentation voluntarily causes or procures a thing to be done is said to instigate it, so "D is guilty of abetment by instigation".

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