2. • Any pain, penalty, suffering,
or confinement inflicted upon a
person by the authority of the law
and the judgment and sentence
of a court, for some crime or
offense committed by him, or for
his omission of a duty enjoined by
law is punishment.
Defination of Punishment
3. Kinds of Punishment
Death punishment.
Life imprisonment.
Rigorous imprisonment.
Simple imprisonment.
Forfeiture of property.
Fine.
4. Death punishment
• Death penalty, also
known as the , Capital
punishment is a
government
sanctioned practice
whereby a person is
put to death by the
state as
a punishment for a
crime.
5. cases when death punishment is
given :-
1. Murder.
2.Waging war against state.
3.Abetting mutiny.
4.Dacoity with murder.
5.Giving false evidence by which
innocent dies.
6. Life Imprisonment
• It means that
offender shall be
convicted for his
entire life.
• But looking at the
good behaviour of
the prisoner the
state govt. reduced
this to 14 years.
7. Imprisonment
Rigorous
• Rigorous
Imprisonment by
interpretation means
hard labour.
• Hard labour is not
defined either in the
Indian Penal Code, or
in the Jail Manuals.
Simple
• A person
sentenced
to simple
imprisonment will
have to
do simple works in
the prison.
8. Forfeiture of property
• This type of punishment is removed
except in the following cases:-
A. To make robbery in foreign country
and acquire property.
B. When public servant improperly
purchases property which is
prohibited.
9. Fine
• Fine means penalty
charged for not abiding
by the law.
• Fine may be imposed
but it should not be
excessive.
• Also, in some cases
punishment and fine
both can be made.
