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IPC Section 149 - Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common
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IPC Section 149 deals with every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common.
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149. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common
object.--If 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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