Crime is a social and economic phenomenon and is as old as the human society. Crime is a legal concept and has
the sanction of the law. Crime or an offence is “a legal wrong that can be followed by criminal proceedings which may
result into punishment.”The hallmark of criminality is that, it is breach of the criminal law. Per Lord Atkin “the criminal
quality of an act cannot be discovered by reference to any standard but one: is the act prohibited with penal
consequences”. A crime may be said to be any conduct accompanied by act or omission prohibited by law and
consequential breach of which is visited by penal consequences.