What is a crime?

Generally speaking, anything done by a person in violation of the laws of a country or a region is termed as a crime. For any such act or omission there is a punishment defined by the laws of such country or region. Miller defines crime as “commission or omission of an act which the law forbids or commands under pain of punishment imposed by the State”. There are four essential elements of any crime which constitute it and if any of the following elements is missing, the act or omission cannot be termed as a crime:
a) There must be a “person” who is under a legal obligation to act in a specific way and on whom punishment can be imposed in case of violation.
b) There must be an evil intent on part of such a person.
c) The person must have acted/omitted to act in furtherance of such evil intention.
d) An injury must have been caused to some other person or society at large due to such an act or omission of the person.

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