Emperor Vs Umi 1882 !free! -

: The court held that for an omission to be considered abetment, there must be a legal obligation to act. Since the bystanders and the priest had no specific legal duty to prevent the second marriage, their failure to do so (the omission) did not make them abettors.

(common archetype):

The court had to determine whether "omission" to act or interfere in a crime-in-progress constitutes abetment under Section 107 of the IPC. emperor vs umi 1882