Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 494–Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Sec. 43–Abetment of offence–Scope for–Offence is noncognizable and bailable–No duty is casted in law on any person to make the information to the police–Further, when no obligation can be placed upon a person to mandatorily report the commission of a cognizable offence committed in his presence, it would be unjust and improper to say that any person aware of the factum of subsistence of previous marriage of a bigamist, ought to make such disclosure–Therefore, the offence would not fall within the realm of abetment.
