https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457570 Liability under Section 149 IPC requires proof of an unlawful assembly with a statutorily recognised common object; on the evidence, the Court found no reliable basis to infer that the accused shared such an object, so vicarious liability under Section 149 was unavailable. Liability under Section 34 IPC depends on common intention, prior concert and participation in the criminal act; mere presence or holding the deceased was insufficient, and only the assailants who inflicted the fatal blows could be treated as sharing the intention to cause death. The lesser assault on the informant sustained conviction under Section 324 read with Section 34. en-us Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:23:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457570 Liability under Section 149 IPC requires proof of an unlawful assembly with a statutorily recognised common object; on the evidence, the Court found no reliable basis to infer that the accused shared such an object, so vicarious liability under Section 149 was unavailable. Liability under Section 34 IPC depends on common intention, prior concert and participation in the criminal act; mere presence or holding the deceased was insufficient, and only the assailants who inflicted the fatal blows could be treated as sharing the intention to cause death. The lesser assault on the informant sustained conviction under Section 324 read with Section 34. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457570