STAGES OF CRIME

Have you ever thought why and how crime is committed? One day a person kills someone. What can be the reason behind such commission of offence? 

Is Greed, Anxiety, Revenge, Jealousy, Pride, Aggressiveness, Possessiveness could be the reason for such commission?

There are four important stages of crime as per Indian Penal Code. The offender is punished based on such stages. In every crime committed there is first the intention to commit a particular crime, second is the preparation where a person have prepared and planned about committing a crime, the third is attempt to commit a particular crime and last is the commission of offence where the crime is completed.

1. INTENTION

The first important stage of crime is intention. Intention is main element by which a person decides to commit an offence. A mind of a person decides to commit crime, as per law it is said that a person should have mens rea. Mens Rea means guilty mind through which a crime is committed. If person have no mens rea he can not be said to have intention for commission of offence. A man without mens rea can not be punished. So the intention is considered as important element to make person punishable. Understanding intention is not an easy task. So it is difficult to punish person based on intention alone.

2. PREPARATION

The second stage of crime is preparation. In this stage the offender have proper plan about how, when and where he is going to commit a crime. He draws the proper map of commission of crime. The proper arrangements are made in order to execute the crime. Preparatory stage in certain case are not punishable as per IPC.

3. ATTEMPT

The fourth stage of crime is attempt. Once preparatory stage is completed the person attempt to commit a crime. An attempt is the direct movement towards the commission of an offence.

4. COMMISSION

The last stage of the crime is commission/ accomplishment. This stage takes place as soon as the offender passes through all the above mention stages. In this stage the offence is successfully completed by the offender. The offender is guilty for whole offence. If the crime is not committed he will be guilty for attempt.

Therefore, it is very important to know about all four stages of crime in order to prove the accused guilty of the offence committed.

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