The paramount purpose of criminal justice is the protection of the innocent and punishment of the offenders. A victim for securing this end has come to the Criminal Court for punishing the offenders. But prolonged pendency of cases has created an unsurmountable barrier in the dispensation of criminal justice. This has cast a serious repercussion on the public at large. They have lost their faith in the present system of the criminal justice administration. Huge numbers of criminal cases pending for years together are creating an unbearable mental and economic pressure on the litigants of criminal justice system. The disposal rate in comparison with the institution of criminal cases is hopelessly meager.
The paramount purpose of criminal justice is the protection of the innocent and punishment of the offenders. A victim for securing this end has come to the Criminal Court for punishing the offenders. But prolonged pendency of cases has created an unsurmountable barrier in the dispensation of criminal justice. This has cast a serious repercussion on the public at large. They have lost their faith in the present system of the criminal justice administration. Huge numbers of criminal cases pending for years together are creating an unbearable mental and economic pressure on the litigants of criminal justice system. The disposal rate in comparison with the institution of criminal cases is hopelessly meager.