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Direction:  A principle principles and a fact situation are given in questions decide only on the basis of the principle(s).

Principle Abetment is done when one person instigates another to do something, or conspires to do any illegal act and intentionally aids any person to commit the same act. When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done an illegal act, or an act which is not illegal by illegal means, such an agreement is designated as criminal conspiracy.

Facts U, V, W, X, and Y are friends who have anarchist views. Their aim is to bomb the Parliament and all it stands for. They conduct secret meetings to facilitate their plan, chalk out a design and assign roles for themselves. U and V will ensure absence of security inside the Parliament building on the date of the bombing, W and X will procure the bombs and Y will those fake ID cards to enter the premises. On that day, Y takes the fake ID cards to the guards that the Parliament gate and shows it to them.

Is Y liable for abetment, criminal conspiracy or both?

A)  Y is liable for criminal conspiracy alone

B)  Y is liable for abetment alone

C)  Y is liable for criminal conspiracy as well as abetment

D)  None of the above