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Criminal Law: Private Defense, Common Intention and Conspiracy

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  1. Principle: Section 34 of IPC applies when a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all.
    Facts: A and B plan to rob a house. A stands guard outside with a wea…
  2. Principle: Right of private defense extends to causing death under Section 100 IPC if the assault reasonably causes apprehension of death or grievous hurt.
    Facts: An unarmed assailant slaps a man once…
  3. Principle: Criminal conspiracy under Section 120A requires an agreement between two or more persons to do an illegal act.
    Facts: A and B agree to commit murder. Before taking any steps towards executi…
  4. Principle: Nothing is an offense which is done by a child under seven years of age under Section 82 IPC (doli incapax).
    Facts: A 6-year-old child picks up a loaded pistol and fires, killing his play…
  5. Principle: Under Section 84 IPC (McNaghten Rule), an act is not an offense if done by a person who by reason of unsoundness of mind is incapable of knowing the nature of the act.
    Facts: A person suffe…
  6. Principle: Involuntary intoxication is a defense under Section 85 IPC if the person was intoxicated without his knowledge or against his will.
    Facts: A host secretly laces a guest fruit juice with a p…
  7. Principle: Right of private defense of body commences as soon as a reasonable apprehension of danger arises and continues as long as such apprehension continues.
    Facts: A robber drops his weapon and r…
  8. Principle: Mistake of fact is a defense under Section 76 IPC if the person was bound by law or believed in good faith by reason of mistake of fact to be bound by law.
    Facts: A soldier fires on a mob u…
  9. Principle: Common intention under Section 34 requires prior meeting of minds, whereas similar intention does not.
    Facts: A and B independently attack X simultaneously out of separate personal grudges…
  10. Principle: Voluntarily causing hurt is aggravated to grievous hurt under Section 320 IPC if it causes permanent privation of the sight of either eye.
    Facts: In a fistfight, A punches B in the eye, cau…

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