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LEGAL PRINCIPLES : 1) The concept of joint liability comes under Section 34 of IPC which states that 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 samemanner as it it were done by him alone.”
2) A person abets an offence, who abets either the commission of an offence or the commission of an act which would be an offence, if committed by a person capable by law committing an offence with the sameintention or knowledge as that of the abettor
3) A criminal conspiracy takes place when two or more people get together and plan to commit a crime and then take some action toward carrying out that plan The action taken does not have to be a crimeitself to further the conspiracy.
FACTUAL SITUATION : X and Y conspire to poison Z. X in pursuance of the conspiracy procures the poison and delivers it to Y in order that he may administer ' Y '"Pursuance of the conspiracy, administer the poison in the presence of X and thereby causes Z s death. What offences X and Y have committed ?
DECISION :

Y has committed the offence of murder and X was an abettor
Both X and Y has committed the offence of criminal conspiracy
X has not committed any offence
Both X and Y has committed the offence of murder

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