VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 34: Acts done by several persons in futherance of common intention

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter II — General Explanations

34. 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.]

Now in the new law

BNS section 3(5) — Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.