Indian Penal Code
IPC 149 is now BNS 190.
Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. VIII
s. 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XI
s. 190
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.
Text from India Code