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Mens rea and actus reus are two integral parts of crime and they are considered as most important while deciding an act as either an accident or crime. Mens rea and actus reus are Latin terms which are used to describe the criminal behavior. Mens rea is the “criminal intent” or the mental state which is required in order to commit a crime and actus reus is the actions which have been taken in order to commit a crime. These two are important to describe the “general intent” as well (Storm, 2021). Storm (2021) further noted that “Intent is a notoriously difficult element to prove because it is locked inside the defendant’s mind” and these two terms are used to understand that.