THE CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL

  Article by : Advocate TRIPTI SHETTY Crime exists around the world. Is it our culture, our history or rules laid by our ancestors that determine the nature of a crime? Born from the womb of crime is a criminal. He is a social animal who has deviated from the so called legal path. Can he be brought back to the path which is considered legal or proper by our society or does our system ensure that he is thrown into the midst of criminals never to return again? Does our legal system ensure that we reform the criminal or push him into dark dungeons where he is chiseled into a hardcore criminal? “No child is ever born as a criminal by birth”. What are those circumstances which determine whether a child shall be a doctor, a lawyer, a musician, a tailor, a painter or a criminal? Are the circumstances at home instrumental in moulding the mind of the child and his emotions which transform him from an “innocent child” to “a criminal”. I have had the chance to meet several persons acc