Socially, it is reflective of such elements of humanity that are of debilitated character, infirm mind and irresolute will. Such people often fall victim to the 'lure of lucre', Kanchan, as you rightly put it, and profit out of others' pain by seeking the easy way out for it is expedient for them to do so. The psychological element of extreme fear striking their hearts at the sight of prospective terrible torture is no less a social element as well for valour and cowardice, fear and fearlessness are attributes that have social connotations as well. Upbringing, prenatal and postnatal influence of the environment, and education do play a significant role in shaping the individual mind with all its predilections and propensities, and their resultant, the follies and the foibles of the human personality that then manifest in the different stations and situations of life, and thus, the sociological factor is of vital moment when we analyse and understand why these aberrations of human behaviour, as was evident in the case of the betrayal of Naren Gossain who turned State approver in the Alipore Bomb Case, happen. Throughout history in almost every clime this has been a recurring phenomenon when an insider has let in the enemy and the fortress with wall impregnable has fallen to the foe. Sociologically, thus, it is a universal phenomenon and its relative intensity or otherwise in diverse societies are variants dependent on cultural divergences, regional ideals, racial characteristics and the state of civilisation obtaining in the test case.
Politically, it is ruinous to a revolutionary effort and often to an entire cause when cowardice and betrayal strike deathblows to the development of the germ of revolution, for the
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