The Gauhati High Court on Friday held that members of an unlawful assembly may be held vicariously liable and the only pre-condition to that is a common object of committing the offence. Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak and Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi in this behalf said, "…the distinction beyond common intention appearing in Section 34 and common object appearing in Section 149 of the...
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