Thursday, February 6, 2020

Punishment Of Criminal Conspiracy

In the Indian penal code 1860 section 120-B 
Punishment of criminal conspiracy-
(1)whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term of two years upwards, shall where no express provision made in this code for the punishment of such conspiracy, be punished in the same manner if he had abetted such offence.

(2)whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy other than a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punished as aforesaid shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months, or with fine, or both. 

Important case laws 
1 State of Maharashtra V. Somnath Thapa 

2 Kuldeep Singh V. State of Rajasthan 

3 motorola incorporated V. Union of India 

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