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Five persons went to the house of K armed with clubs to beat K. Among those one A was carrying a pistol…

The concealed pistol and the fatal shot were outside the shared common object of merely beating K with clubs, so under section 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023…

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Five persons went to the house of K armed with clubs to beat K. Among those one A was carrying a pistol concealing it underneath his clothes. During beating A fired a shot resulting death of K. In such case

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The concealed pistol and the fatal shot were outside the shared common object of merely beating K with clubs, so under section 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 149 IPC) the other four remain liable only for the beating, while A alone bears liability for causing K's death.

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