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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), if the act is a lawful one and not a criminal act and if…

Only the person committing the independent offence is liable on these facts. Section 3(5) of the BNS (formerly section 34 IPC) requires a criminal act performed in…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), if the act is a lawful one and not a criminal act and if in the course of such an act any one of the persons jointly doing that act commits an offence, then

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Only the person committing the independent offence is liable on these facts. Section 3(5) of the BNS (formerly section 34 IPC) requires a criminal act performed in furtherance of the common intention of the participants. Joining in a lawful activity does not by itself make everyone responsible for another participant’s separate criminal act.

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