PRINCIPLE: Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object:- FACT: A, -along with eight others went to a near village to beat some of his enemies. In this fight A was injured. The members of the opposite party ran away. Thereafter A’s friends followed the opponents and killed one of them.
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A and his companions are liable to be punished for the murder.
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Only A is liable ,others are liable for minor offences only
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No one is liable since they exercised the private defence.
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none of the above
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A and his companions are liable to be punished for the murder.