Agreement between two or more persons to do an illegal act is the sine qua non of criminal conspiracy under 120B; mere association or knowledge without agreement is insufficient. | Essential ingredients and evidentiary threshold of criminal conspiracy applied to Section 61 BNS (corresponding to Section 120B IPC).
Conspiracy is hatched in secrecy and direct evidence is seldom available; meeting of minds and agreement may be inferred from surrounding circumstances and subsequent conduct.
Agreement between two or more persons to do an illegal act is the sine qua non of criminal conspiracy under 120B; mere association or knowledge without agreement is insufficient. | Essential ingredients and evidentiary threshold of criminal conspiracy applied to Section 61 BNS (corresponding to Section 120B IPC).
Conspiracy is hatched in secrecy and direct evidence is seldom available; meeting of minds and agreement may be inferred from surrounding circumstances and subsequent conduct.