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Standing Guard To Facilitate Rape Attracts Common Intention Liability U/S 34 IPC: Allahabad High Court Upholds Conviction In 1984 Case
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The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of 2 men in a 1984 Gang-rape case, holding that one who stands guard to facilitate rape shares the common intention behind the offence and can be convicted of rape with the aid of Section 34 IPC, even if he did not himself commit the act of penetration.A bench of Justice Santosh Rai thus dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the...