United Kingdom Leading Case uncategorized

Mahbub Shah v King-Emperor

(1945) LR 72 IA 148; AIR 1945 PC 118

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from the High Court of Judicature at Lahore, India)

Year1945

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Common intention under s 34 of the Penal Code requires a pre-arranged plan; it must be proved that the criminal act was done in concert pursuant to a prior meeting of minds, and such common intention must never be confused with the mere similar (same) intention of several persons.

Area of Law

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