Section 1060(g) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(g)Exceptional cases may occur in which it is desirable to grant rewards to officers or informers in cases which do not end in conviction or in which judicial proceedings are not instituted. Rewards in such cases will be paid by the Police Department under departmental rules. The same procedure should be followed in successful prosecutions with regard to informers whose names it is not desirable to divulge.