Basic concepts: What are victimless crimes?

 A victimless crime is defined as a crime that has no direct victim, causes no direct harm to a third party, and involves one or more consenting adults. In the Indian legal context, these are activities that violate the law but do not have an identifiable victim, though they may still affect societal morals and values.

Definition and Characteristics

Victimless crimes are characterized by the absence of a third party who has an immediate interest in complaining to the police or presenting evidence against the culprits. These crimes are primarily related to the unawareness of the victim - when a victim is unaware of the crime and harm caused to them, it constitutes a victimless crime.

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Questions and answers on law(Part 1)

1)Doctrine behind S 27 of evidence Act
Ans:In the matter of: Navaneethakrishnan V/s The State by Inspector of Police, Criminal Appeal No. 1134/2013 (Supreme court of India, Date of Decision: 16.04.2018, Coram: A.K. Sikri & R.K. Agrawal, JJ.) it was held that, Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 incorporates the theory of confirmation by subsequent facts, that is, statements made in police custody are admissible to the extent that they can be proved by subsequent discovery of facts. Discovery statements made under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 can be described as those which furnish a link in the chain of evidence needed for a successful prosecution.
2) What is victimless Crime?

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