Where several persons are engaged or concerned in the commission of a criminal act, they may be guilty of different offences by means of that act"
Illustration
A attacks Z under such circumstances of grave provocation that his killing of Z
would be only culpable homicide not amounting to murder" B, having ill-will
towards Z and intending to kill him, and not having been subject to the
provocation, assists A in killing Z" Here, though A and B are both engaged in
causing Z's death, B is guilty of murder, and A is guilty only of culpable
homicide"
32 IPC Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
34 IPC Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention
36 IPC Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
37 IPC Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
38 IPC Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences