Open AccessCastigation and the Punjab Sentencing Act, 2019 --An Overview of Criminal Law and Convictions in Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Muhammad Fahad Anwar,
Mehran Idris Khan,
Hafiz Omer Abdullah,
Fatima Riaz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of law and social studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-6270
pISSN - 2709-2283
DOI - 10.52279/jlss.03.02.104112
Subject(s) - redress , punishment (psychology) , law , criminal law , legislature , sharia , state (computer science) , political science , islam , corporal punishment , criminology , sociology , psychology , history , social psychology , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
Castigation is the infliction of severe moral or corporal punishments. There are different theories regarding castigations are given to tackle the crime and criminal minds and to make society peaceful. Even the Islamic theory of punishment derives from the Holy Quran and Hadith. Overall, the Holy Quran has about 200 verses dealing with legal issues. For every wrong, there is a remedy provided in law. Castigations are the remedies provided by the lawmakers to redress the grievances of victims of offences as prescribed by the law of the state. Pakistan being a developing country slowly enlightens its society with various redresses and punishments to nip the evil in the bud and for this legislature is introducing new laws now and then. The study adopts qualitative means to examine Pakistan's province of Punjab's criminal law on castigation and provides insightful understanding for the readers