Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 54 · Decided 14 October 1955
Topandas v. The State of Bombay
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 54 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 881
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 42/1955
- Decided
- 14 October 1955
- Bench
- NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 88l TOPANDAS ti. THE ST ATE OF BOMBAY [BttAGWATI, VENKATARAMA AYYAR and B. P. SINHA JJ.] Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860), ss. 120-A, 120-B-Cri­ min,i/ conspiracy-Two or more persons must be parties thereto--Onc person alone cannot be held guilty-If other alleged person alone can never be held guilty of criminal conspiracy for the simple reason that one cannot con­ spire with oneself. Where, therefore, 4 named individuals as in the present case were charged with having committed an offence under s. 120-B, I.P.C. and three out of those four were
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