Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 · Chapter IX: Other Offences against Children
Section 87: Abetment
Whoever abets any offence under this Act, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the abetment, shall be punished with the punishment provided for that offence.
[Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression "abetment" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]
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