Mere Presence at Crime Scene Cannot Attract Section 34 IPC Without Proof of Common Intention: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently modified the conviction of Madhya Pradesh resident Sanjay Singh in a long-pending criminal case arising out of a 1999 firing incident in Ratlam district. The Court held that the prosecution failed to establish the essential ingredients of Section 34 IPC, which deals with common intention among accused persons in the commission of a crime. A Division Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih…