Akanksha Bhardwaj, B.A.LLB, School of Law, NMIMS, Chandigarh
ABSTRACT
The concept of 'punishment' is one that is fundamental to the administration of criminal justice. As we have progressed through the years of history, we have seen that it would have been difficult to tame the criminal as well as the barbaric instincts of the general population. It is the public's dread of the punishment that ultimately leads to the maintenance of law and order. The idea of punishing someone is not new; in point of fact, all of us are rather familiar with the idea. To teach us proper manners, our parents probably slapped or reprimanded each one of us occasionally when we were little. As a result, we may conclude that punishing people for their wrongdoings is the means in which the legal authority corrects the behaviour of people in society and prevents it from happening again in the future. The issue that emerges, however, is there only one kind of punishment? If this is not the case, then how many different forms of punishment are there? And what are the different perspectives on the use of punishment? This study is an attempt, although a humble one, to answer these concerns and present pertinent case laws related to this subject. The methodology used is based on secondary data where various scholarly articles has been studied.
