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Concepts of Crime and
Punishment
BY :- SONU VASHIST
KRMU
What is a crime?
Essential constituents of a crime are:
• An act or omission forbidden or
commanded by law.
• Violation prevented by sanction of
punishment.
• Wrong doer punished only after following
a procedure established by law.
Basic Principles of Criminal
Liability
An act to amount to a crime must conform
to the following two cardinal principles of
criminal liability.
No one is held criminally liable unless he
had done an act which is expressly
forbidden under the criminal law.
There is no liability under criminal law for
omissions, unless there is a duty imposed
by law to do the act
Essential elements of crime
• ‘Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’
‘There can be no crime without a guilty
mind’.
• Two components of a crime are:
(i) Actus Reus (Guilty Act)-Physical
element
(ii) Mens rea (Guilty Mind)-Mental
element.
Actus Reus
Actus Reus is made up of three elements.
(i) Human action i.e., conduct.
(ii) Result of the conduct i.e., injury.
(iii) Such act is prohibited by law.
Mensrea-Blame-worthy mental condition
Different forms of mensrea are:
– Intention (desire to bring about certain
consequences or desire to do an act.)
– Motive ( the reason or ground of an action.)
– Knowledge (awareness of the consequences.)
– Recklessness ( foresees the consequences of his
conduct, does not desire it, but is quite indifferent to
the consequences.)
– Negligence (want of care and protection which a
reasonable man would have taken under the
particular circumstances.)
Causation in Crime
• A man is said to have caused the actus
reus of a crime
- if that actus would not have occurred
without his participation in what was
done.
• A man will be criminally liable
- for such consequences of his conduct
as he foresaw or
- ought to have foreseen.
Causation of Crime contd..
A man will be criminally liable, even
- where there is no physical participation (by
instigating another person to commit a
crime)
- where the participation is indirect (by using
an innocent agent)
He will not be liable
- if there is intervention of another person and
that intervening act becomes the immediate and
direct cause of the consequence)
Stages of Crime
• There are four stages in the commission
of an offence.
(i) Intention
(ii) Preparation
(iii) Attempt
(iv) Actual commission of the offence.
• Intention – Emergence of an evil intention in the mind of
the accused.
(This stage is not punishable, because it cannot be proved)
• Preparation – Arranging or devising means or measures
necessary for the commission of an offence.
(Not punished unless provided by the penal law).
Egs. Preparation to wage war (section 122 IPC)
Preparation to commit depredation against territory
at peace with Government of India (section 126 IPC)
Preparation to commit dacoity (section 399 IPC).
Attempt
• doing an act
• towards the commission of an offence and
• if the attempt had succeeded,
• the offence charged would have been
committed.
Punishments
• Infliction of pain or unpleasant
consequences
• Prescribed by law
• Administered in accordance with procedure
• By the State
• Two dimensions to punishment:
– Purposes that justify the punishment
– Proportionality of the nature and quantum of
punishment in relation to the nature and
seriousness of the crime
• Retribution - to gratify the instinct of
revenge or retaliation, which exists not
merely in the individual wronged, but also
in the society at large.
• Deterrence- to prevent the wrong doer
from doing a wrong the second time and
also to make him an example to other
persons, who have criminal tendencies.
Purposes of punishment contd..
• Preventive – to prevent the offender from
offending again in future by disabling him.
• Reformative – to reform the offender and
by giving some vocational training in art,
craft or industry, enabling him to lead a
good life and become a respectable
citizen of society after release.
• Death
• Imprisonment for life
• Imprisonment ,rigorous or simple
• Forfeiture of property
• Fine
• Transportation for life and transportation
for term as punishments abolished.
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Crime and Punishment Concepts Explained

  • 1. Concepts of Crime and Punishment BY :- SONU VASHIST KRMU
  • 2. What is a crime? Essential constituents of a crime are: • An act or omission forbidden or commanded by law. • Violation prevented by sanction of punishment. • Wrong doer punished only after following a procedure established by law.
  • 3. Basic Principles of Criminal Liability An act to amount to a crime must conform to the following two cardinal principles of criminal liability. No one is held criminally liable unless he had done an act which is expressly forbidden under the criminal law. There is no liability under criminal law for omissions, unless there is a duty imposed by law to do the act
  • 4. Essential elements of crime • ‘Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’ ‘There can be no crime without a guilty mind’. • Two components of a crime are: (i) Actus Reus (Guilty Act)-Physical element (ii) Mens rea (Guilty Mind)-Mental element.
  • 5. Actus Reus Actus Reus is made up of three elements. (i) Human action i.e., conduct. (ii) Result of the conduct i.e., injury. (iii) Such act is prohibited by law.
  • 6. Mensrea-Blame-worthy mental condition Different forms of mensrea are: – Intention (desire to bring about certain consequences or desire to do an act.) – Motive ( the reason or ground of an action.) – Knowledge (awareness of the consequences.) – Recklessness ( foresees the consequences of his conduct, does not desire it, but is quite indifferent to the consequences.) – Negligence (want of care and protection which a reasonable man would have taken under the particular circumstances.)
  • 7. Causation in Crime • A man is said to have caused the actus reus of a crime - if that actus would not have occurred without his participation in what was done. • A man will be criminally liable - for such consequences of his conduct as he foresaw or - ought to have foreseen.
  • 8. Causation of Crime contd.. A man will be criminally liable, even - where there is no physical participation (by instigating another person to commit a crime) - where the participation is indirect (by using an innocent agent) He will not be liable - if there is intervention of another person and that intervening act becomes the immediate and direct cause of the consequence)
  • 9. Stages of Crime • There are four stages in the commission of an offence. (i) Intention (ii) Preparation (iii) Attempt (iv) Actual commission of the offence.
  • 10. • Intention – Emergence of an evil intention in the mind of the accused. (This stage is not punishable, because it cannot be proved) • Preparation – Arranging or devising means or measures necessary for the commission of an offence. (Not punished unless provided by the penal law). Egs. Preparation to wage war (section 122 IPC) Preparation to commit depredation against territory at peace with Government of India (section 126 IPC) Preparation to commit dacoity (section 399 IPC).
  • 11. Attempt • doing an act • towards the commission of an offence and • if the attempt had succeeded, • the offence charged would have been committed.
  • 13. • Infliction of pain or unpleasant consequences • Prescribed by law • Administered in accordance with procedure • By the State • Two dimensions to punishment: – Purposes that justify the punishment – Proportionality of the nature and quantum of punishment in relation to the nature and seriousness of the crime
  • 14. • Retribution - to gratify the instinct of revenge or retaliation, which exists not merely in the individual wronged, but also in the society at large. • Deterrence- to prevent the wrong doer from doing a wrong the second time and also to make him an example to other persons, who have criminal tendencies.
  • 15. Purposes of punishment contd.. • Preventive – to prevent the offender from offending again in future by disabling him. • Reformative – to reform the offender and by giving some vocational training in art, craft or industry, enabling him to lead a good life and become a respectable citizen of society after release.
  • 16. • Death • Imprisonment for life • Imprisonment ,rigorous or simple • Forfeiture of property • Fine • Transportation for life and transportation for term as punishments abolished.