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Barendra Kumar Ghosh v Emperor

Barendra Kumar Ghosh v King-Emperor AIR 1925 PC 1; (1925) LR 52 IA 40; ILR 52 Cal 197 (Privy Council, on appeal from the High Court of Calcutta)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from the High Court of Calcutta, India)
Year1925
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Under s 34 of the Indian Penal Code, where a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each is liable as if he had done it alone; presence and participation in furtherance of the common design suffices even if the accused does no overt act himself.

Area of Law

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