Privy Council

Mahbub Shah v Emperor

AIR 1945 PC 118; (1945) 72 IA 14819451 min read
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Facts
Mahbub Shah and Wali Shah came to the rescue of a relative during a quarrel; Wali Shah shot Allah Dad dead. Mahbub Shah was convicted of murder with the aid of S.34 IPC.
Issue
What 'common intention' under S.34 IPC requires.
Held
Common intention means a pre-arranged plan and prior meeting of minds, not the same or similar intention. It was not a necessary inference that the two had a common plan to kill, so Mahbub Shah's conviction and death sentence were set aside.
Principle
S.34 requires a prior concert or pre-arranged plan; similar intention is not common intention.
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Facts

  • Mahbub Shah and Wali Shah came to the rescue of a relative during a quarrel; Wali Shah shot Allah Dad dead. Mahbub Shah was convicted of murder with the aid of S.34 IPC.

Issue

  1. What 'common intention' under S.34 IPC requires.

Held

  • Common intention means a pre-arranged plan and prior meeting of minds, not the same or similar intention. It was not a necessary inference that the two had a common plan to kill, so Mahbub Shah's conviction and death sentence were set aside.

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Citation

Mahbub Shah v Emperor AIR 1945 PC 118; (1945) 72 IA 148

Reported: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/256823/. This is an educational summary, not the judgment itself. Cite the reported version in professional or academic work.