INTRODUCTION THE PROBLEM UNDER INVESTIGATION There is hardly any society which is not beset with the problem of crime. It is a grave social problem faced by every society. Crime may be considered as an omission of an act which the law of the land expects the individual to do or commission of an act which it forbids to do. In the legal terms crime may be defined as "any form of conduct which is declared to be socially harmful in a state and as such...