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Paying Compensation To Victim Cannot Be Ground To Reduce Sentence: Supreme Court
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The object of payment of compensation to the victim in a criminal case, it said, is to rehabilitate those who have suffered loss or injury by the offence and it cannot be a ground to reduce the sentence imposed upon the accused.
If payment of compensation becomes a consideration for reducing a sentence, it will have a "catastrophic" effect on the criminal justice administration, the Supreme Court has said.
The object of payment of compensation to the victim in a criminal case, it said, is to rehabilitate those who have suffered loss or injury by the offence and it cannot be a ground to reduce the sentence imposed upon the accused.
The court said it will result in criminals with a purse full of money to buy their way out of justice, defeating the very purpose of criminal proceedings.