For Application of Section 149 of IPC:
A)The offender must be a member of unlawful assembly
B)The offence must have been committed in prosecution of the common object
C)Both (a) and (b)
D)None.

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Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) stipulates that every member of an unlawful assembly is guilty of an offense committed by any member of such assembly in prosecution of the common object of that assembly or such as the members of that assembly knew to be likely to be committed. Therefore, both conditions (a) and (b) must be met for its application.