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Unlawful Assembly–The offence, even if it is not committed in direct prosecution of common object of the assembly, Section 148 IPC may still be attracted Criminal Trial—Benefit of doubt–Where two views are possible, benefit of doubt must be given to the accused.
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Apr 6, 2017By sclaw
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