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'X' instigates 'Y to murder 'Z' 'Y in pursuance of the instigation stabs 'Z' who recovers from the…

Under the illustration to BNS s.46 Explanation 2, an instigator remains liable for abetment of murder even where the person he induced only wounds the victim who survives,…

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'X' instigates 'Y to murder 'Z' 'Y in pursuance of the instigation stabs 'Z' who recovers from the wound. Which one of the following statements is correct?

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Under the illustration to BNS s.46 Explanation 2, an instigator remains liable for abetment of murder even where the person he induced only wounds the victim who survives, while Y, whose stabbing did not cause death, is guilty of attempt to murder under s.109.

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