Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
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Summary
When members of an unlawful assembly commit an offence in pursuit of the assembly's common object, or an offence the members knew was likely while pursuing that object, every person who was a member of the assembly at the time is guilty of that offence. Being present as a member at the time is enough; each person need not personally do the criminal act. The rule makes all present members liable for the act of any one of them if it furthers the common object.
Example
Ravi joins a group that gathers to force a tenant out of a building. One member damages the tenant's belongings and injures them. Even though only that member did the damage, all members present including Ravi are guilty of the offence if it was in pursuit of the group's common object.
Bare Act
Enacted textIf an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object of that assembly, or such as the members of that assembly knew to be likely to be committed in prosecution of that object, every person who, at the time of the committing of that offence, is a member of the same assembly, is guilty of that offence.
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