Under Section 107 IPC, abetment of a thing is:
Acommitting the thing oneself, jointly with at least one other accomplice
Bthe omission to report the commission of an offence to the nearest police officer
Cconcealment of the offender after the commission of the offence, in any manner
Dinstigation, engagement in criminal conspiracy, or intentional aiding of the doing of that thing
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. instigation, engagement in criminal conspiracy, or intentional aiding of the doing of that thing
1. Section 107 IPC defines three modes of ABETMENT: (i) instigating any person to do the thing; (ii) engaging with one or more persons in a criminal conspiracy for the doing of the thing; (iii) intentionally aiding by any act or illegal omission the doing of the thing.
2. The classic test for INSTIGATION (Explanation 1): 'instigates by wilful misrepresentation, or by wilful concealment of a material fact, the doing of a thing'.
3. Intentional aiding (Explanation 2): one who facilitates an act intended to be illegal abets it.
4. Mere knowledge or presence without intentional aid does not amount to abetment (S. K. Chakraborty v. State of West Bengal).
5. Hence option C is the verbatim definition.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — IPC, Section 107 (definition of abetment)_
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