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Which of the following is false of Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

Section 3(5) BNS (formerly section 34 IPC) establishes joint liability for a criminal act committed by several persons in furtherance of their common intention. The Supreme…

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Which of the following is false of Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

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Section 3(5) BNS (formerly section 34 IPC) establishes joint liability for a criminal act committed by several persons in furtherance of their common intention. The Supreme Court, construing the identically worded common-intention rule, has described it as a rule of evidence that creates no distinct substantive offence, so it supplies no separate punishment of its own.

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