Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 548 · Decided 15 October 2003
Parasa Raju Manikyala Rao and ANR. v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 548 · [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 756
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 49/2003
- Decided
- 15 October 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : Section 34-Scope and ambit of-Common intention-Acts done in C furtherance of-Held : The essence of liability under S. 34 is existence of common intention and participation in a criminal act-Participation need not in all cases be by physical presence. D E Practice and Procedure : case may be the determinative factor so far as that case is concerned-Application of one decided case to another case notwithstanding the dissimilarity in effect and distinctive features is legally impermissible. Words and Phrases : "Common intention"-Meaning of-In the context of S.34
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