Supreme Court of India
Sikandar Singh & Ors. v. State of Bihar
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that no ground is made out for a third review of the evidence on the issue.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 3021149 and 3071149- Murder and attempt to murder c - 'Common object' - Eight accused armed with guns and other lethal weapons - One of them fired at the victims - One of the victims died at the spot - Another received injuries but survived - Vicarious liability of other accused - HELD: Once it is established that the unlawful assembly had common 0 object, it is not necessary that all persons forming unlawful assembly must be shown to have committed some overt act - 'Common object' does not require a prior concert and a com_mon meeting of minds before the attack -
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Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Munishamappa & Ors. v. State of Karnataka
- 2014 Sumer Singh v. Surajbhan Singh and Others
- 2011 Ramachandran & Ors. Etc. v. State of Kerala
- 2019 G H Manjit Singh v. The State of Punjab
- 2014 State of Rajasthan v. Manoj Kumar
- 2012 Anand Mohan v. State of Bihar
Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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