SYNOPSIS

CRIMINAL LAW –IV (CRPC-II)

TOPIC – VICTIM COMPENSATION SCHEME

INTRODUCTION:

A Victim compensation scheme has been inserted in the CR.P.C 1973, under section 357A by
virtue of Criminal law amendment act, 2009(Act 5 of 2009). This Section provides discretion
to the judges in rewarding compensation to victims which initiates the coarse idea for the
compensation for a crime. The compensation power was completely in the hands of judges
depending upon the facts and circumstances of the case, whether they should provide the specific
sum to the victims or not with reference to the interest of justice.

HYPOTHESIS:

That the new approaches in existing victim compensation schemes would bring about the equality
amongst the states by curtailing the disparity between the quanta of compensation amount notified by
different states and UTs.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM:

This research project aims to identify if the existing legal framework providing for compensation by
offender or state to his victim for loss suffered or injury caused by commission of offence is inadequate
or to address the issue whether the existing provisions may help to deliver prompt, effective and cheap
justice to the victims of crime or not ?

OBJECTIVE:

1. To analyse the Evaluation of Victim compensation Scheme under Cr.P.C.1973.

2. To analyse the comparison of compensations given by court and VCB.
3. To analyse the Difference in compensation given under different circumstances.
CHAPTER SCHEME

The whole study is divided into FIVE chapters. ss

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:

The research methodology of this project is doctrinal.

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

PROF. DIVYA SALIM SAGAR GORE

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