Mob lynching

what is mob lynching ?

 Mob lynching  is consist of two words mob and lynching . mob means large crowd. especially those people who become violent very quickly.

 If  a mob of people find a person guilty of a crime, it kill them without a legal trial .

Mob lynching is a kind of killing by a crowd on the basis of some fake news or religious Fanaticism, it has become a threat to our society now a days.

Mostly launching occur when a group believe that a person has committed a crime even if it has not been convicted.

 In our society , it is a very common problem today  but day by day  it increases to take the form of a huge problem

History of mob lynching 

• At first it look place in USA in the 18th century and then spread easily to other countries such as India, South Africa ,Mexico,  Europe and Israel.
• The word lynching comes from America some people say that William launching and Charles launching.
• During the American Revolution, Virginia 's set up its own private court and punish criminal and anti conspiracy action without any legal process

 Punishment

•  Amputation of a limb in front of a crowd or by hanging it on trees and Bridge 
• Burnt alive

 According to (National Association for the advancement )from 1882 to 1968, 4743 incident of coloured people

 Mob lynching in India

•  The first record of mob violence was due to Holi riot held in Gujarat in the year 1714, which was found to be in Part cow related issues. 
•  The violent mob burnt the market and nomes.
•  During this is escalated incidence many Hindu and Muslim died.
• A ccording to report by a Indian spent from 2012 to 2019, 128 incident in which 47 people die and 175 people were seriously injured.
•  According to a report by the crime Bureau of India (NCBR)  from 2001 to 2014, 22900 womens were murdered in the country on the suspicion of being a witch 
• ( 446 murdered in jharkhand,  415 in Odisha, 383 Arunachal Pradesh and 209 Haryana)

Causes of mob lynching

• Rumour it is the biggest reason of mobile launching because mostly the people believe in the fake news on some people then they do Crime. Mob cannot try to known truth ,people believe only rumours to be true and react to it . 

Rise of Cow vigilant 

• It is one of the crucial reason that agitate the growing rise in mob lynching activities.

 Lake of speedy justice 

• Inefficient working of justice rendering  authorities is the primary reason why people take the law into their own hand and have no fear of the consequence.

 The inefficiency of police administration 

• Police officer pay an important role in protecting the life of the people and maintaining harmony among the people but due to their ineffective investigation produce ,this hate crime is rising day by day.

Intolerance 

• People are intolerant in the accepting acts of law, they go and to punish the alleged  person as seamy. 

 Biases

•  Biases based on various identities like caste, class, religion etc.  mob lynching is a hate crime that is rising due to the biases or prejudice  among various castes,  classes of people ,and religions
•  The biggest reason for mob lynching is lake of awareness and lake of understanding among common people .
• The transmission of fake news on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook etc. also increases the mob lynching .
• Mistrust between majority and minority.

Type of mob lynching - mob lynching based on the causes can be classified into six types they are:

1. Communal based
2. Witchcraft 
3. Honour kiling
4. Bovine related mob lynching 
5. Suspicion of child lifting 
6. Theft cases

Impact of mob lynching

• Mostly the people who are innocent are becoming the victim of mob launching. people break the law and restrict the social harmony.
•  Mob lynching  is completely illegal and against the constitution. if this is not banned, the general public will lose faith in the constitution and the judiciary .
• Endangers communal and social harmony.
• People feel insecurity 
• Threat to democracy and economic growth.

How to prevent mob lynching 

• Fake news and hate speech must stop spreading .
• To establish rule of law, strictest action should be taken against the guilty.
• Prohibition on giving political shelter to criminal 
• Need to spread awareness against superstitious 
• In India law of mob 

There is no clear mention against mob launching in the IPS 

• Section 302 (Murder )
• Section 307 (Attempt to murder )
• Section 322 ( To injure intentionally)
• Section 147 -148 (To deliberately not) 

Punishment has been given by this sections 

There is no separate law for mob lynching in India.

Supreme Court directive

•  SC directs Parliament to make new law against mob lynching 
• No one can take the law into his own hand 
• Social media monitoring
•  States need to maintain peace.

Conclusion

 Mob lynching has become a social threat.  therefore, the government should in a strict law to deal with it . strict action should be taken against those who serve their purpose by inciting the mob.

As Technologies is provide to be boon  for mankind but some people spread rumours and fake news leading to assault and death of people . now, mob lynching has become a social menace, therefor the government should come with the law to deal with it.

 Strict action should be taken against those group of people that leading to more cleansing so that innocent people may not be suffered and lost their lives.