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A instigates B and C to rob an inhabited house at midnight and supplies arms. They enter and kill a…

Section 51 makes an abettor liable for a different act committed when it was "a probable consequence of the abetment" and was done under its influence or in pursuance of it.…

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A instigates B and C to rob an inhabited house at midnight and supplies arms. They enter and kill a resisting resident. Under the BNS section 51 illustration, when is A liable to the punishment for murder?

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Section 51 makes an abettor liable for a different act committed when it was "a probable consequence of the abetment" and was done under its influence or in pursuance of it. The illustration on instigating an armed midnight robbery says A is liable to the punishment for murder if the murder of a resisting inmate was such a probable consequence; neither an express instruction to kill nor A's presence is required.

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