Human behaviour will always remain a subject of intrigue for its devoted pursuers. Criminology is one such aspect of human behaviour which continues to pique experts in spite of its Methuselahic origins. The frequency of incidents of pickpocketing in buses and elsewhere is ample proof of the fact that this crime cannot be relegated to Faganian fiction. This delicate subject-delicate, because it involves a vulnerable and craven genre of human beings -has been tackled in an exemplary manner by K.K. Gupta.