Pritee Kishore, Research Scholar, School of Law and Governance, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, India
ABSTRACT
Offenders of any offence must be punished with prescribed punishment for the offence in accordance with the rule of law. The rule of law is the pillar of democracy as the rule of law governs the nation, and mob lynching is against the rule of law. The mob lynches an accused of a crime. Mob lynching cannot be legally justified in any manner. The Supreme Court of India has made a remark that a person cannot be tried and prosecuted on the street. In mob lynching, the person who is lynched has not been proved guilty by the court; only on suspicion that the person has committed a crime, the mob lynches that person. Even if a person is held guilty of an offence, the mob is not authorised to punish that person. This paper deals with the meaning of the mob lynching, factors responsible for this offence, recent incidents of the mob lynching, various steps which have been taken by the legislature and judiciary to curb these incidents and the need for the law against mob lynching.
Keywords: Mob lynching, Offence, Crime, Rule of law, Justice.
