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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 makes each participant liable for a criminal act…

Section 3(5) attributes the criminal act to each participant when several persons do it in furtherance of their common intention. It operates as a rule of joint liability…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 makes each participant liable for a criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of their common intention as if each had done the act alone?

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Section 3(5) attributes the criminal act to each participant when several persons do it in furtherance of their common intention. It operates as a rule of joint liability for the underlying criminal act.

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Option A

Section 45 defines abetment of a thing.

Option B

Section 192 addresses wanton provocation with intent to cause a riot.

Option C

Section 61 deals with criminal conspiracy.

Option D

Section 3(5) states the joint-liability rule where several persons act in furtherance of their common intention.

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