IPC Section 35 — When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention

general explanations

General

Summary

If several people take part in an act that is only a crime because it is done with a specific criminal knowledge or intention, then each person who joins in the act with that same knowledge or intention is responsible for the act just as if they had done it alone with that knowledge or intention.

Official Text

Whenever an act, which is criminal only by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention, is done by several persons, each of such persons who joins in the act with such knowledge or intention is liable for the act in the same manner as if the act were done by him alone with that knowledge or intention.

Related Judgments

  • .. Appellant/Sole accused vs The State represented by — Madras High Court (2012)
  • SUPREME COURT REPORTS AFRAHIM SHEIKH AND OTHERS v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL — Supreme Court of India (1964)
  • ... Appellant / Accused vs The State, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, — Madras High Court (2017)
  • ...Appellant/Accused vs State rep.by the Inspector of — Madras High Court (2011)
  • : Petitioner vs 1.The State rep. by the — Madras High Court ()
  • .. Appellant vs State rep. By — Madras High Court (2011)
  • S.C.R. 239 KUNWAR PAL v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND — Supreme Court of India (2013)
  • S.C.R. 54 A CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, HYDERABAD v. K. NARAYANA RAO — Supreme Court of India (2012)

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