Abstract

An act committed in violation of law where the consequences of conviction by court is punishable, is especially when punishment is a serious one such as imprisonment. A serious offence, especially one in violation of morality. Initially the civilization does not distinguish between civil law and criminal law. The development of criminal justice system was in early 18th century, where the criminal law had been formalized and effective mechanism for prevention, control, prohibition and punishing the criminal was made. The law focused on the behavior of criminal which leads to the crime and the methods to prevent the crime. Whenever there is a commission of a crime in the society, the immediate consequence that follows the criminal act is known as punishment. Punishment is the most prominent feature of criminal law. The punishment involves all or few from suffering, loss, pain, penality, image tarnish. The most prudent form of punishment is imprisonment. In the recent trends, elimination of the crime from the society is ought to be achieve by reformation, education of criminal.

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