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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 34

ACTS DONE BY SEVERAL PERSONS IN FURTHERANCE OF COMMON INTENTION When a criminal act is done by several persons in

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 34 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - ACTS DONE BY SEVERAL PERSONS IN FURTHERANCE OF COMMON INTENTION When a criminal act is done by several persons in. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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34) DRJ 426(DB) : 1995(58) DLT 339 Common intention means a pre-arranged plan in which several persons intend to do and do an act. All are guilty of the principal offence. There must be meeting of mind to commit an offence.--Paramjit Singh v. State 1983(23) DLT 338 : 1983(1) Crimes 1120 The section contemplates the doing of an act by several persons as principals and not as principal and agent.--Narain v. State 1982 DRJ 258 : 1982(21) DLT 256 It is necessary that intention of each one of them is known to the rest of them and shared by them.

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