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SECTION I
Answer in not more than two sentences, all 10 20 Marks
1.What is criminal conspiracy?[2]
Answer
Section 120A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, defines it. The offence is now section 61(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Criminal conspiracy is formed when two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done, either of two things.
- An illegal act.
- An act which is not illegal, by illegal means.
So the agreement itself is the offence. Nothing need be done to carry it out.
There is one important proviso. It applies where the agreement is to do an act that is not itself an offence. There the agreement is not a criminal conspiracy unless some act besides the agreement is done in pursuance of it. An overt act is therefore required only in that narrower class of case.
Explanation. It is immaterial whether the illegal act is the ultimate object of the agreement, or is merely incidental to it.
Punishment. Section 120B, now section 61(2), divides conspiracies in two. Take first a conspiracy to commit a grave offence, punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or rigorous imprisonment for two years or more. It is punished as if the party had abetted the offence. Any other criminal conspiracy carries imprisonment up to six months, or fine, or both.
In Kehar Singh v. State (Delhi Administration), AIR 1988 SC 1883, the Supreme Court held that the agreement is the gist of the offence. It added that a conspiracy is usually proved by circumstantial evidence, because direct proof of the agreement is rarely available.
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