(University of North Bengal, 2021-03) Barman, Tushar Kanti
Crime and violence manifests in many ways and various factors have been
responsible for crime and violence. Jalpaiguri has been a late history to the development
of administrative changes and in the formative years of colonial administration, the district
had witnessed widespread crime and criminal activities in miscellaneous forms; such as
dacoity, murder, theft, burglary, and affray, riots etc. To prevent such types of crime the
administrators as well the society have followed different techniques. Henceforth, police
and judicial administration had played a crucial role for maintaining law and order. The
present paper aims to study the nature of crime, criminals and the system of law and order
in colonial Jalpaiguri.
