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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
(1) an illegal act, or
(2) an act which is not illegal by illegal means, such an agreement is designated
a criminal conspiracy:
Provided that no agreement except an agreement to commit an offence shall
amount to a criminal conspiracy unless some act besides the agreement is done
by one or more parties to such agreement in pursuance thereof.
Explanation.It is immaterial whether the illegal act is the ultimate object of
such agreement, or is merely incidental to that object.
conspiracy
Punishment of
criminal conspiracy
120B. (1) Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence
punishable with death, 41[ 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.]
CHAPTER VI
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE
Waging or attempting
to wage war, or
abeting waging of
war, against
Bangladesh
121. Whoever wages war against Bangladesh, or attempts to wage such war, or
abets the waging of such war, shall be punished with death, or 42[ imprisonment]
for life, and shall also be liable to fine.Illustration
A joins an insurrection against Bangladesh. A has committed the offence defined
in this section.
Conspiracy to commit
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[ 121A. Whoever within or without Bangladesh conspires to commit any of the
offences punishable by section 121, or to deprive Bangladesh of the sovereignty
of her territories or of any part thereof, or conspires to overawe, by means of
criminal force or the show of criminal force, the Government, shall be punished
offences punishable
by section 121
with 44[ imprisonment for life] or with imprisonment of either description which
may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.]
Explanation.To constitute a conspiracy under this section, it is not necessary
that any act or illegal omission shall take place in pursuance.
Collecting arms, etc,
with intention of
waging war against
Bangladesh
122. Whoever collects men, arms or ammunition or otherwise prepares to wage
war with the intention of either waging or being prepared to wage war against
Bangladesh, shall be punished with 45[ imprisonment] for life or imprisonment of
either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to
fine.
Concealing with
intent to facilitate
design to wage war
123. Whoever, by any act, or by any illegal omission, conceals the existence of a
design to wage war against Bangladesh, intending by such concealment to
facilitate, or knowing it to be likely that such concealment will facilitate the
waging of such war, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Condemnation of the
creation of the State,
and advocacy of
46[ 123A.
(I) Whoever, with or without Bangladesh, with intent to influence, or
knowing it to be likely that he will influence, any person or the whole or any
section of the public, in a manner likely to be prejudicial to the safety of
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