Common object–
In absence of prove of the ingredients of common object, the courts below committed error of law in convicting the appellants and others under sections 302/149 of the Penal Code. To secure conviction with the aid of section 149 of the Penal Code an overt act on the part of a member of unlawful assembly is not necessarily required but participation with common object must be proved to the hilt which is absent in this case. When there is a general allegation against a large number of persons the Court will hesitate to convict all of them on theory of constructive liability on vague evidence. ...Abu Taher =VS= The State, (Criminal), 2019 (2) [7 LM (AD) 247] ....View Full Judgment