Supreme Court of India

Shivjee Singh and Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2008] 11 S.C.R. 548
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 30 July 2008

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 149 - Applicability of - Held: Not applicable when com- mon object of unlawful assembly not proved. s. 149 - Common object - Connotation of - Held: The object should be common to the persons who compose the assembly- It may be formed at any stage by all or a few mem- bers of the assembly - 'Common object' of an assembly is to be ascertained from the acts and language of the members composing it, and from a consideration of all the surrounding circumstances - On facts, Appellant-father urged his son to fire from his gun whereafter son fired a shot resulting in death of one

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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