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    Question

    According to the provisions of IPC what is the liability

    of A, a police officer, who abets the commission of robbery?
    A A is liable only to a fine, not imprisonment Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B A is not liable since the robbery was not committed Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C A is liable to the same punishment as the person who committed the robbery Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D A is liable to one-half of the longest term of imprisonment provided for robbery and a fine Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 116. Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment—if offence be not committed—Whoever abets an offence punishable with imprisonment shall, if that offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this Code for the punishment of such abetment, be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for that offence for a term which may extend to one-fourth part of the longest term provided for that offence; or with such fine as is provided for that offence, or with both; If abettor or person abetted be a public servant whose duty it is to prevent offence.—and if the abettor or the person abetted is a public servant, whose duty it is to prevent the commission of such offence, the abettor shall be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for that offence, for a term which may extend to one-half of the longest term provided for that offence, or with such fine as is provided for the offence, or with both. (c) A, a police-officer, whose duty it is to prevent robbery, abets the commission of robbery. Here, though the robbery be not committed, A is liable to one-half of the longest term of impris­onment provided for that offence, and also to fine.

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