Under Section 357 CrPC, the court may order the accused, on conviction, to pay:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. Section 357(1) CrPC empowers the court to order the whole or part of fine recovered to be applied: (b) in the payment to any person of compensation for any loss or injury caused by the offence, when compensation is, in the opinion of the court, recoverable by such person in a civil court.
2. Section 357(3): even where no fine is imposed, the court may direct the accused to pay compensation to the victim.
3. Section 357A (inserted 2009): each State must prepare a victim compensation scheme for funding compensation independent of conviction.
4. Ankush Shivaji Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra, (2013) 6 SCC 770: it is mandatory for the court to consider Section 357 in every criminal case.
5. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — CrPC, Section 357 (read with Section 357A inserted 2009 — victim compensation scheme)_
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