Death Sentence in General Perspective

Page: 20-24
Suparna Sharma (BRCM Law College, Behal)

The purpose of punishment1 or sentence is well explained by Manu, the supreme law of Hinduism. “Punishment rules all mankind; punishment alone keeps them; punishment arises while their gods are asleep; the prudent regarded the punishment as a punishment”.2 Friedman states in his book ‘the law on social change’; and as it should be a decisive decision for public awareness.3