Section 92 - Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment if offence is not committed.

(1) Whoever abets an offence punishable with imprisonment shall, if that offence is not committed in consequence of the abetment and no express provision is made by this Penal Code or by any other Act or Law for the time being in force for the punishment of the abetment, be punished with imprisonment 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.

(2) If the abettor is a public officer whose duty it is to prevent the commission of such offence, he shall be punished with imprisonment 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.

Illustration

A, a policeman, 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.