Indian Penal Code 05a Criminal Conspiracy

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Indian Penal Code, 1860

Chapter – IPC 01 Introduction
Chapter – IPC 02 General Explanations
Chapter – IPC 03 Of Punishments
Chapter – IPC 04 General Exceptions
Chapter – IPC 05 Abetment
Chapter – IPC 05a Criminal Conspiracy
Chapter – IPC 06 Offences Against The State
Chapter – IPC 07 Offences Relating to the Armed Forces
Chapter – IPC 08 Offences Against Public Tranquillity
Chapter – IPC 09 Offences By or Relating to Public Servants
Chapter – IPC 09a Offences Relating to Elections
Chapter – IPC 10 Contempts of Authority of Public Servants
Chapter – IPC 11 False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice
Chapter – IPC 12 Offences Relating to the Coin and Govt Stamps
Chapter – IPC 13 Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Chapter – IPC 14 Offences Affecting Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals
Chapter – IPC 15 Offences Relating to Religion
Chapter – IPC 16 Offences Affecting the Human Body
Chapter – IPC 17 Offences Against Property
Chapter – IPC 18 Offences Relating to Documents and Property Marks
Chapter – IPC 19 Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service
Chapter – IPC 20 Offences Relating to Marriage
Chapter – IPC 20a Cruelty by Husband or Husbands Relatives
Chapter – IPC 21 Defamation
Chapter – IPC 22 Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance
Chapter – IPC 23 Attempts to Commit Offences

Chapter VA – Criminal Conspiracy

Section 120A – Definition of criminal conspiracy

When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done:

  1. an illegal act, or
  2. an act which is not illegal by illegal means, such an agreement is designated a criminal conspiracy;

Provided that no agreement except an agreement to commit an offence shall amount to a criminal conspiracy unless some act besides the agreement is done by one or more parties to such agreement in pursuance thereof.

Explanations

  1. It is immaterial whether the illegal act is the ultimate object of such agreement, or is merely incidental to that object.

Section 120B – Punishment of criminal conspiracy

  1. Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term of two years or upwards, shall, where no express provision is made in this Code for the punishment of such a conspiracy, be punished in the same manner as if he had abetted such offence.
  2. Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy other than a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable as aforesaid shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months, or with fine or with both.

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Indian Penal Code Chapter 05a Criminal Conspiracy Bare Act