This article explains the persons who have committed a crime of political nature. The aim of this paper is to put emphasis on the political offence exceptions. The extradition is one of the most used processes in two sovereign countries for international cooperation. It is an accepted rule that if offence is proved and that offence is political offence then extradition is not granted however, it is still not clear that what a political crime. In this article various definitions are considered which are used in different jurisdiction. Further, we suggest that political offence should be clearly defined in extradition so that the criminals will be easily fished out and it will help in reduction of such crimes.