Judicial Dictionary



Title Criminal conspiracy
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Criminal conspiracy– This Court observed that a conspiracy is a matter of inference deduced from certain criminal acts of the accused done in pursuance of an apparent criminal purpose common between them. A criminal conspiracy consist not merely intention of two or more, but in the agreement of two or more to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. When two agree to carry it into effect the very plot of act itself, and the act of each of the parties capable of being enforced, if lawful, possible if for a criminal object or for the use of criminal means. The elements of criminal conspiracy are (a) an agreement between two or more persons, (b) to do an illegal act, or (c) to do a legal act by illegal means, and (d) an overt act done in pursuance of the conspiracy. A charge of criminal conspiracy for an offence under section 120B of the Penal Code, the prosecution need not prove that the perpetrators expressly agree to do or caused to be done the illegal act; the agreement may be proved by necessary implication. ...Major Md. Bazlul Huda (Artillery) =VS= The State, (Criminal), 2021(1) [10 LM (AD) 581] ....View Full Judgment