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What is the effect of section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, when several persons commit a…

Section 3(5) makes each participant liable for the criminal act as if that person had committed it alone when several persons act in furtherance of their common intention.

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What is the effect of section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, when several persons commit a criminal act in furtherance of their common intention?

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Section 3(5) makes each participant liable for the criminal act as if that person had committed it alone when several persons act in furtherance of their common intention.

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Option A

The section attributes liability for the underlying act and creates no separate offence.

Option B

Each participant is liable as if that person had done the act alone, given the common intention.

Option C

The common-intention requirement applies. Presence alone cannot establish it.

Option D

The section attributes liability. The underlying offence provision determines punishment.

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