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The essence of criminal conspiracy is an agreement to do an illegal act and such an agreement can be proved either by direct evidence or by circumstantial evidence or by both-An offence of conspiracy cannot be deemed to have been established on mere suspicion and surmises or inference which are not supported by cogent and acceptable evidence.3. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Sec. 227-Discharge of accused if the Magistrate finds that there is no prima facie evidence or the evidence placed is totally unworthy of credit, it is his duty to discharge the accused at once-While exercising jurisdiction under the section the Magistrate should not make a roving enquiry into the pros and cons of the matter and weigh the evidence as if he was conducting a trial.4. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Sec. 209-A judicial Magistrate enquiring into a case under the section is not to act as a mere post office and has to arrive at a conclusion whether the case before him is fit for commitment of the accused to the Court of session.5. Practice-Lawyers-A lawyer owes an "unremitting loyalty" to the interests of the client-Lawyer's responsibility to act in a manner that would best advance the interest of the client.