The presence of crime-repeater in India is not found only in recent times but in medieval period there were also criminals who were mostly indulged in theft, robberies and dacoities. These offences were more prevalent in eighteenth century. During British period, British ruler had their attention towards those criminals who repeatedly committed and involved in the commissions of these offences. Britishers considered them the most ruthless and barbaric robbers of their time. The term criminal tribes was coined by the British to identify the most blood thirsty breed of nomadic criminals who were known as thugs. Then a special statute namely, the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871 was passed to deal with those criminals. After several amendments a final Criminal Tribes Act, 1924 was enacted. However, with the independence and commencement of the constitution and the incorporation therein of the fundamental rights, emphasizing the dignity of the individual, it was realized that such discriminative legislation, labeling an entire tribe as “Criminal” could not be continued on the statute book.