A Theoretical Inquiry into Maheep Singh's Victimization in Unlawful Justice

Abstract

The article analyzes Maheep Singh's character by the controversial Victim Precipitation Theory, which proposes that victims have the potential to cause their own victimization by their own actions or by the situation that they are in. Whereas usually reserved for genuine victims, this analysis uses a critical examination to examine how Maheep Singh, who is the perpetrator of a sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl, Baby, is constructed as a victim of circumstance by his legal defense and social privilege. The article examines how the powerful will manipulate criminological theories in a bid to justify or downplay their blame and present themselves as provoked, misdirected, or trapped. In the case of Maheep, the theory is turned around: he is wrongly presented as being one who had acted out of response to what the victim had done, thus hiding the truth of his guilt. This abuse is evidence of a larger trend of defending the privileged at the expense of believing marginalized victims. Through the analysis of this turnaround, the paper challenges the moral and legal consequences of extending victim-focused theories to perpetrators, particularly in situations of gender, class, and age disparities of power. The article finally contends that Maheep Singh's character demonstrates how Victim Precipitation Theory is used as a tool to circumvent responsibility in the name of reputation and social power.