CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
120-A. Definition of criminal conspiracy : When two or more persons agree to do, or
cause to be done,
(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.
120-B. Punishment of criminal conspiracy : (1) Who ever 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.
1. Chapter V-A ins. by the Criminal Law (Amdt.) Act, VIII of 1913.
CHAPTER VI
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE
121. Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against Pakistan:
Whoever wages war against Pakistan, or attempts to wage such war, or abets the
waging of such war, shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life and shall also
be liable to fine.
Illustration
A joins an insurrection against Pakistan. A has committed the offence defined in this
section.
121-A. Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by Section 121: Whoever within or
without Pakistan conspires to commit any of the offences punishable by Section 121, or to
deprive Pakistan 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 Federal