Section 357A in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
357A. [ Victim compensation scheme. [Inserted by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment ... traced or identified, but the victim is identified, and where no trial takes place, the victim or his dependents may make an application
provision in Section
357A(4) and 357A(5) nugatory and redundant. To add meaning
and life to Section 357A ... victim. It has created and defined rights
for a victim, and a duty upon the State Government to pay
compensation. Thus Section 357A
Code, I find that the victim or the
dependent of the victim, whom the victim compensation has to be paid under
the aforesaid section, must ... requirement of rehabilitation
of victim is an important factor in granting victim compensation under Section
357A of the Code. Thus, merely suffering a loss
very nature of the crime. The victim
will require medical attention. The victim may require
counselling. The victim must be assisted in
rehabilitating and integrating ... Section 357A or
introducing anything not contemplated by Section
357A . Section 357A not specifying a time prior to
which an acid attack victim cannot receive
very nature of the crime. The victim
will require medical attention. The victim may require counseling.
The victim must be assisted in rehabilitating and integrating ... Section 357A
or introducing anything not contemplated by Section 357A . Section
357A not specifying a time prior to which an acid attack victim
cannot receive
Section 357A of Cr.P.C:
17. The fulcrum of our discussion is Section 357A Cr.P.C. It
reads as follows:
357A. Victim Compensation ... benefit. The fulcrum of the litigous oedipus is Section
357A. It reads as follows:
357A. Victim Compensation Scheme:--(1) Every
State Government in co-ordination
before the Court.
107. Moreover, victims are entitled to benefits under
State Victim Compensation Scheme made under Section
357A Cr.PC even when the concerned ... compensation to the victim as per Victim
Compensation Scheme of the State as made under Section
357A Cr.PC."
(Emphasis supplied)
Applicability
Power, 1985 adopted by UN General Assembly. It
provides thus :
―357A. VICTIM COMPENSATION SCHEME.
(1) Every State Government in co-ordination with the
Central Government ... tangible material to show
commission of crime, whether the victim is
identifiable and whether the victim of crime needs
immediate financial relief. On being satisfied
short) and reads as under :
Section 357A Cr.P.C.
"357A. Victim compensation scheme.-- (1) Every State
Government in co-ordination with the Central ... under section 357A(2) or section 357A(3) of the Cr.P.C; and
two, on an application made by a victim under section 357A
Section
357A(2) or an order on conclusion of trial under
Section 357A(3). Rehabilitation and compensation
cannot be denied to a victim ... victim that the victim is not forgotten in the
criminal justice system.
22. Piyali Dutta (supra) has considered the West Bengal
Victim Compensation Scheme
