For Law Students and lawyers : Scope of Pillory Punishments
1/ In middle ages, a wooden plate was fixed around neck and hands of a convict, in such a that he can look like a walking banner. The hands were so fixed in wooden plate that he cannot eat or drink with his own hands.
1/ In middle ages, a wooden plate was fixed around neck and hands of a convict, in such a that he can look like a walking banner. The hands were so fixed in wooden plate that he cannot eat or drink with his own hands.
2/ Then the convict was allowed to move in the town with wooden plate in his neck and hands.
This had dettent effact on people and there used to be less crime (Perhaps).
There are however provisions that
In present times, such punishments are not prescribed in law
This had dettent effact on people and there used to be less crime (Perhaps).
There are however provisions that
In present times, such punishments are not prescribed in law
3/ That certain crimes can be allowed to be compromised only with permission of Judge only.
This gives some powers to invent some new types of punishments to a Judge..
It was in news some years ago, that a political person was forgiven by judge only if he filed an undertaking
This gives some powers to invent some new types of punishments to a Judge..
It was in news some years ago, that a political person was forgiven by judge only if he filed an undertaking
4/ that for one week, he would work as a sweeper in local hospital. A video showing his sweeping entire hospital was to be made and proof was to be filed before the Judge..
This was a modern Pillory Punishment.
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This was a modern Pillory Punishment.
#law #lawyers #lawstudents.
5/ Then some more such incidents came where accused were asked to compensate and apologies to accused as condition of bail grant order.
Then Supreme Court disapproved such conditions and such unconventional other conditions. The courts are supposed to go by procedures of
Then Supreme Court disapproved such conditions and such unconventional other conditions. The courts are supposed to go by procedures of
punishments prescribed by law only.
It takes time for law makers to change law.
But I think that new scintific inventions of GPS device based monitoring of accused on bail and other such conditions may come with passage of time.
It takes time for law makers to change law.
But I think that new scintific inventions of GPS device based monitoring of accused on bail and other such conditions may come with passage of time.
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