When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
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Summary
If an act is criminal only because it was done with criminal knowledge or intention, any person who joins in that act with the same knowledge or intention is treated as if they alone committed it. It applies when several people perform the same act and at least some share the culpable mental state. Each such participant is equally liable.
Example
Priya helps Arjun hide a box after Arjun tells her it contains stolen phones. Possessing and concealing the goods is criminal only if done with knowledge that they are stolen. Since Priya joined with that knowledge, she is liable in the same way as Arjun.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhenever an act, which is criminal only by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention, is done by several persons, each of such persons who joins in the act with such knowledge or intention is liable for the act in the same manner as if the act were done by him alone with that knowledge or intention.
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