'PUNISHMENT IS TO ERADICATE THE CRIME NOT THE CRIMINAL'

Abstract

Death penalty is awarded by the Court as a punishment, it means that person is hanging by the neck till death. Under the Indian Penal Code 1860 there are so many sections under which the person can be awarded with death sentence. Indian Constitution provide every citizen few rights as a fundamental right, where Article 21 stated about right to life. But this punishment of capital punishment contravene the fundamental right of the accused, which is Right to life. Even death penalty is not sufficient enough to stop or to control the rate of the crime, by mere finish the particular accused person. In current scenario there are Fifty-six countries, where capital punishment is still prevail, but 103 countries have completely abolished it.