Legal Provisions of Section 132 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof:
ADVERTISEMENTS:
This section deals with liability of an abettor of mutiny when mutiny is committed in consequence of the abetment. It says that whoever abets the committing of mutiny by an officer, soldier, sailor or airman, in the Army, Navy or Air Force of the Government of India, and mutiny is committed in consequence of the abetment, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, or simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
The word ‘whoever’ is to be understood in the light of section 139 of the Code. Abetment can be by instigation, conspiracy or aiding as provided by section 107 of the Code. The expression ‘committed in consequence of that abetment’ means committed in consequence of the instigation or conspiracy or aiding. Sections 131 and 132 of the Code should be read together.
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The offence under this section is cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by court of session.