Introduction Crime is an act committed or omitted in violation of public law forbidden or commanding it. Thus crime is an act or omission done with guilty intention, which is forbidden by public law. The practice of awarding punishments is a very important part of the criminal justice system as it a form of society’s manifestation of the admonition of the crime by a collective conscience as specified by Durkheim. The object of the punishment in Manu’s words is- “ punishment governs all mankind; punishment alone preserves them; punishment…
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