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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 38

PERSONS CONCERNED IN CRIMINAL ACT MAY BE GUILTY OF DIFFERENT OFFENCES Where several persons are engaged or concerned in

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 38 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - PERSONS CONCERNED IN CRIMINAL ACT MAY BE GUILTY OF DIFFERENT OFFENCES Where several persons are engaged or concerned in. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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SECTION 38: PERSONS CONCERNED IN CRIMINAL ACT MAY BE GUILTY OF DIFFERENT OFFENCES Where several persons are engaged or concerned in the commission of a criminal act, they may be guilty of different offences by means of that act. Illustration A attacks Z under such circumstances of grave provocation that his killing of Z would be only culpable homicide not amounting to murder. B, having ill-will towards Z and intending to kill him, and not having been subject to the provocation assists A in killing Z. Here, though A and B are both engaged in causing Z's death.B is guilty of murder, and A guilty only of culpable homicide.

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