of the fine to be paid as compensation. The fact that it has made such an
order does not prevent the Court from ordering further compensation
under this section.
CHAPTER 5JOINT ACTS.
Section 78 -
“Acts Done by Several Persons in Furtherance of Common
Intention”: When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance
of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act in
the same manner as if it were done by him alone.
Section 79 -
“When such an Act is Criminal by Reason of its Being Done With a
Criminal Knowledge or Intention”: Whenever an act, which is criminal
only be 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.
Section 80 -
“Cooperation by Doing One of Several Acts Constituting an Offence”:
When an offence is committed by means of several acts, whoever
intentionally cooperates in the commission of that offence by doing any
one of those acts, either singly or jointly with any other person, commits
that offence.
Illustrations –
(a) (“A”) and (“B”) agree to murder (“Z”) by severally and at different
times giving him small doses of poison. (“A”) and (“B”) administer
the poison according to the agreement with intent to murder (“Z”).
(“Z”) dies from the effect of the several doses of poison so
administered to him. Here (“A”) and (“B”) intentionally cooperate in
the commission of murder and, as each of them does one or more of
the several acts by which death is caused, they are both guilty of the
offence, though their acts are separate and though the acts of one
without the acts of the other would not have caused death.
(b) (“A”) and (“B”) are joint jailors and as such have the charge of (“Z”) a
prisoner alternately for six hours at a time. (“A”) and (“B”), intending
to cause (“Z”’s”) death knowingly cooperate in causing that effect by
illegally omitting, each during the time of his attendance, to furnish
(“Z”) with food supplied to them for that purpose. (“Z”) dies of
hunger. Both (“A”) and (“B”) are guilty of the murder of (“Z���).
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