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Ipc PPT - 4
Ipc PPT - 4
• Section 37 - lays down a rule that where an offence is committed by means of sev-
eral acts, a person who does any of these act s and intentionally co-operates in the
commission of that of-fence is guilty of the whole offence;
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• Section 34 - deals with liability of an individual for sharing 'intention' when 'several
persons' and participating in the 'criminal act' done 'in furtherance of the common
intention of all'.
• Section 38 - which in ultimate analysis is converse of s 34, lays down that when
several persons are engaged in or concerned with the commission of a criminal act
and do different acts, they may be held responsible for their different act s
Section 34
• Section 34. Acts done by several persons in furtherance of
common intention.--When a criminal act is done by several
persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of
such persons is liable for that act in the same manner as if it
were done by him alone.
• Acts - Section 33. 'Act', 'Omission'.--The word 'act' denotes as
well a series of act s as a single act: the word 'omission'
denotes as well a series of omissions as a single omission.
• Section 34 does not create any specific offence; it only lays
down the principle of joint criminal liability
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS OF SECTION 34