Socio Economic Offences are considered to be recent in origin in India. This new form of Criminality is the outcome of the developments of Science and Technology, industrialization and urbanization. Socio Economic Offences are associated with the upper class of the Society and the crimes are committed during the course of their employment. Socio Economic Crimes affecting the public health, morality and well being of the entire Community in comparison with the traditional crimes.In that regard, they are more dangerous to the society than the traditional crimes since it is affecting the larger sections of the society. Socio Economic Crimes have started receiving attentions quite recently only. In India, though a number of legislations have been enacted that can come under the label of Socio Economic Legislation; it seems that they are not sufficient enough to tackle the issues related to this new form of criminality.Socio economic crimes go against the national interest and can harm the national economic structure. To curb this menace the courts in India have brought up the provisions of stringent punishments against such crimes. Considering the gravity and the serious repercussions of the Socio Economic Offences, it renders strict enforcement of the laws. Death penalty is provided under the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1986 and capital punishment is suggested for various white collar crimes. This shows the concern of Indian judiciary and legislature to curb the socio economic offences through legislative and judicial measures. From an academic perspective, the subject of socio economic crimes has found a place in the curricula of several post graduate courses as it is an important part of criminal law. A literature review pertaining to the subject reveals that there is a dearth of literature concerning the socio economic offences in India. This book is an attempt to comprehensively analyse the socio economic offences in India along with the legislations enacted pertaining to the same. The book incorporates the latest judicial interpretations stating the accurate and latest position of law and statutes with the latest amendments.