Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Section 57
Whoever abets the commission of an offence by the public generally or by any
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number or class of persons exceeding ten, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years and with fine. Illustration. Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons. A affixes in a public place a placard instigating a sect consisting of more than ten members to meet at a certain time and place, for the purpose of attacking the members of an adverse sect, while engaged in a procession. A has committed the offence defined in this section.