Supreme Court of India

Pandurang, Tukia and Bhillia v. The St Ate of Hyderabad

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 1083
Bench Vivian Bose J.
Decided 3 December 1954

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Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860), s. 34-Prior concert­ Common intention-Same or similar intention-Distinction between. It is well-settled that common intention in s. 34 of the Indian Penal Code presupposes prior concert. It requires a pre­ arranged plan because before a man can be vicariously convicted for the criminal act of another, the act must have been done in further­ ance of the common intention of them all. Accordingly there must have been a prior meeting of minds. Several persons can simulta­ neously attack a man and each can have the same intention, namely the intention to kill,

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