CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY: SECTION 120 A, IPC

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"O conspiracy,

Sham'st thou to show thy dang'rous brow by night,

When evils are most free?"

[William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar (1599), Act II, scene 1, line 76]

##CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY: SECTION 120 A, IPC##

"When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done,-

(1) an illegal act, or

(2) an act which is not illegal by illegal means, such an agreement is designated a criminal conspiracy:

Provided that no agreement except an agreement to commit an offence shall amount to a criminal conspiracy unless some act besides the agreement is done by one or more parties to such agreement in pursuance thereof."

PUNISHMENT: 120 B

Max-Death 

Min-2years

**Controversial Cases under Criminal Conspiracy**

1. Mahatama Gandhi assassination[Post 2 and 3]

2. Indira Gandhi assassination

3. Rajiv Gandhi assassination