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IPC 34 vs BNS 3(5)

Acts done by several persons with common intention

● Retained in BNS

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · § 34

Section 34 IPC stated the principle of joint liability: when a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each is liable as if the act were done by them alone.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · § 3(5)

BNS Section 3(5) restates the same principle in identical substance as part of the general explanations chapter.

What changed?

Carried over unchanged; renumbered from IPC 34 to BNS 3(5).

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