DOIAbstract
The law of crime took birth along with our civilisation as soon as people grouped themselves into an organised society the need for criminal law was immediately felt. The law reflects the public opinion and it is particularly true about the criminal law. Recent changes made in the form of amendments to Indian penal code are illustrative in these connections. The purpose of criminal law is to punish the criminals and to prevent recurrence of crime. Before the emergence of modern political state it was an individual's own responsibility to protect himself. That is why Sir Henry Mayne has called the ancient criminal law as law of wrongs. After political states came into being they shouldered the responsibility for maintenance of peace and orde...
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