Mob Justice: Interpretation
Mob Justice: Interpretation
Mob Justice: Interpretation
BALLB
2018-2023
DIVISION E
MOB JUSTICE
INTERPRETATION
A situation where several hundred people come together and take the
law in their hand and they only act as accusers and judge and punish
the criminal on the spot is referred to as mob justice. The worst form
of this infamous justice is that the criminal or the victim in this case is
being beaten to death or seriously injured. In other words here the
people ignore the authorities of constitutionally delegated bodies and
apply a procedure to give justice in a violent manner which they define
as speedy justice. It can occur in various forms such as arson, beating
and chasing the suspected criminal. They appoint themselves as
accuser, prosecutor, judge and executioner all at the same time. They
always go beyond limit and destroy properties and even attack the
family members of the suspected victims. Protestors usually turn into
vigilante mobs with ready justifications for burning of vehicles and
public buildings during political agitation.
As India has an adversarial criminal justice system which states that
an accused is treated an innocent until the court proves him guilty but
through the practice of mob justice, victims are denied a fundamental
to a fair trial. However one cannot entirely put the blame the public for
the proceedings of mob justice without taking a critical look at the
justice delivery system. Mistrust and lack of confidence in the judicial
system are some of the reasons the public indulge in mob justice.
OBJECTIVES