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The offence of criminal conspiracy lies not in doing the act of effecting the purposes for which the…

Section 61(1) of the BNS requires agreement of at least two persons to do an illegal act or a lawful act by illegal means. Unless the agreement is to commit an offence, a…

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The offence of criminal conspiracy lies not in doing the act of effecting the purposes for which the conspiracy is formed but in the forming of the scheme between the parties. A criminal conspiracy consists of:

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Section 61(1) of the BNS requires agreement of at least two persons to do an illegal act or a lawful act by illegal means. Unless the agreement is to commit an offence, a party must also do an act in pursuance beyond the agreement. Shared intention, connivance or parallel inducement without agreement does not itself establish conspiracy.

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