Section 120B of Indian Penal Code

120B. Punishment of criminal conspiracy

(1) Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term of two years or upwards, shall, where no express provision is made in this Code for the punishment of such a conspiracy, be punished in the same manner as if he had abetted such offence.

(2) Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy other than a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable as aforesaid shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months, or with fine or with both.

120B IPC Case Laws

Alim Jan Bibi (1937) 1 Cal. 484

Subbaiah AIR 1961 SC 1241

Mohd. Hussain V. K.S. Dalilp Singhji (1970) 1 SCR 130

Abdul Kadar V. State (1963) 65 Bom. L.R. 864

State of UP V. Sukhbasi and Others 1985 Cri. L. J. 1479 (SC)

State (Delhi Administration) V. Delibagh Rai and Others 1986 Cri. L.J. 138 (SC)

Raghvir Singh V. State of Bihar 1987 Cri. L.J. 157 (SC)

M.S. Raui v. G.G. Kamble 1989 Cri. L.J. 175 (Bom)

CBI v. V.C. Shukla AIR 198 SC 1406

Devendra Pal Singh v. State of NCT of Delhi 2002 Cri. L.J. 2034 (SC)

K.R. Purushothaman v. State of Kerala 2005 Cr. L. J. 4648 (SC)