1Kulliyah of Medicine, International Islamic University, P.O. Box 141, 25710, Kuantan, Malaysia.
2Department of Forensic Medicine, J N Medicial College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202 002, India.
In rare display of aberrant behaviour, instances are recorded when HIV positivity in an individual has been used as a weapon of offense in criminal act, and breach of duty of care. Perhaps it is difficult to say if such behaviour was the direct consequence of AIDS, or else it was temporally suppressed latent criminality which surfaced when option of life longevity was closed. In the light of such incidence it needs to be emphasized that certain laws on crime require re-visitation, and certain definitions re-Classification. Admittedly, though law cannot prevent the spread of infection, it can certainly be used to contain it and discourage selfish, reckless and malicious behaviour.
