Section 357 CrPC empowers the trial court to order
ADeath penalty
BCompensation to victims of crime payable from the fine recovered or as a stand-alone direction; reinforced by the Victim Compensation Schemes under Section 357A inserted in 2008
CAcquittal
DTransfer of the case
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Compensation to victims of crime payable from the fine recovered or as a stand-alone direction; reinforced by the Victim Compensation Schemes under Section 357A inserted in 2008
Section 357 is the substantive victim-compensation provision (now buttressed by s357A scheme). Hari Singh v Sukhbir Singh (1988) and Ankush Shivaji Gaikwad v State of Maharashtra (2013) emphasised that trial courts must consider awarding compensation.
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