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PAPER ID:IJIM/Vol. 7(X)/February 2023/27-31/5
AUTHOR: Vinay Kumar
TITLE:LAW RELATING TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN INDIA: PROS AND CONS
ABSTRACT: The crime rates in the world we live in today are constantly increasing. The number of murders, abductions, rapes, terrorist attacks, and child abuse cases has increased. According to the World Population Review of 2022, the overall crime rate in India is 44.43. In such a situation, the legislation and penalties to deter and prevent crime must be put into effect immediately. Punishment, which is one of the main pillars of contemporary civilisation, is the use of coercion to uphold the law of the land. The state must punish offenders in order to maintain law and order in society. There was no specific law or order that governed these crimes in the past, and the severity of the punishment was entirely up to the king of the state. Over time, modern theories of punishment emerged, and the state was given voluntary control over our rights and the power to maintain law and order. The punishments range from fines and imprisonment to death and life imprisonment. ‘Capital punishment’, also known as the ‘death penalty’, is the harshest or most severe punishment of the present time.
KEYWORDS: Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Crimes, Justice, Punishment, Indian Penal Code, 1860