THE NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY

BHOPAL

SEMESTER I

SYNOPSIS - LAW OF CRIMES

TOPIC-HISTORY AND RATIONAL OF LAW

RELATING TO CRIMINAL COSPIRACY

SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
DIVYA SALIM PANKAJ SINGH
ROLL NO.2019 BALLB53
INTRODUCTION

Conspiracy has always been a controversial crime in English and American law, especially as
its wide scope has led to certain abuses_ In England the Criminal Law Act of 19771 has
restricted the crime to more acceptable proportions, but in many jurisdictions of the USA it
still covers agreements to commit acts which are not all strictly criminal. Although in South
Africa the crime of conspiracy is limited to agreements to commit a crime2, it also figures
prominently in definitions of certain more recently enacted statutory offences against the
safety of the state, such as terrorism and sabotage3 and in this guise plays an increasingly
important role in South African criminal law. The purpose of this article is to examine its
history and rationale briefly, in the belief that a better understanding of these aspects of the
crime will lead to better understanding of the rules governing its everyday application.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
 The objective of the study is to deal with the criminal conspiracy and independent
people in the project.
HYPOTHESIS

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The project work would be based on doctrinal method of study.

CHAPTERIZATION

 Introduction
 Brief history of the law of conspiracy
 Rational of conspiracy
 Essential ingredient of section 120A
 Purpose of insertion of section 120A & 120B IPC, 1860
 Punishment of criminal conspiracy
 Case laws

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

P S A PILLAI’S CRIMINAL LAW: PSA Pillai’s Criminal Law is one of the most
archetypal texts on the Indian Penal Code, 1860, ever since the publication of its first
edition in 1956. With a section wise content flow, this work adopts an entirely
different approach to the study of the law of crime, focusing on both emerging issues
and legislative developments. A leading treatise on the subject for over five decades,
this work, is a thematic presentation of the complex and multi-dimensional subject of
criminal law in a lucid, comprehensive and systematic manner. The book, primarily
concerned with the substantive offences incorporated in the Indian Penal Code,
CONCLUSION

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