Crimes are the product of Socio-economic milieu

Ved Prakash vs. State of Haryana, 1981 (1) SCC 447

The Apex  Court observed that the social background and the personal factors of the crimeCrime A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the state classified either as a felony or misdemeanor.-doer are very relevant although in practice Criminal Courts have hardly paid attention to the social milieu or the personal circumstances of the offender

Jugal Kishore vs. State of Bihar, (1972) 2 SCC 633

The Apex Court observed that the modern criminal jurisprudenceJurisprudence It is a branch of philosophy, that discusses the legality of Law. Oppenheimer v Cattermole (1976), the court considered the question of whether a Nazi law was so iniquitous that it should refuse to recognise it as a law, thus raising the connection between the concepts of law and morality. recognizes that no one is a born criminal and that a good many crimes are the product of socio-economic milieu.