§29 — Punishment for abetment and criminal conspiracy

(1) Whoever abets, or is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit, an offence punishable under this Chapter, shall, whether such offence be or be not committed in consequence of such abetment or in pursuance of such criminal conspiracy, and notwithstanding anything contained in section 116 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), be punishable with the punishment provided for the offence. (2) A person abets, or is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit, an offence, within the meaning of this section, who, in India, abets or is a party to the criminal conspiracy to the commission of any act in a place without and beyond India which— (a) would constitute an offence if committed within India; or (b) under the laws of such place, is an offence relating to narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances having all the legal conditions required to constitute it such an offence the same as or analogous to the legal conditions required to constitute it an offence punishable under this Chapter, if committed within India. 1. Subs. by Act 9 of 2001, s. 10, for section 27 (w.e.f. 2-10-2001). 2. Ins. by Act 2 of 1989, s. 8 (w.e.f. 29-5-1989). 3. Subs. by Act 48 of 2021, s. 2, for “clause (viiia) of section 2” (w.e.f. 1-5-2014). 4. Ins. by Act 16 of 2014, s. 13 (w.e.f. 1-5-2014).