TITIPTIIIA VICTINI 2018 CO N,{ PI1N S,.\'I'IO N SC'FI I,,\,I II- NO.6(2)-PD/2015 GOV]]ItN]!IENT OT TItIIUIiA I IONIE DEP/\RI\lFNl' Iune,l0ls ll Short title & Conurcnccnrent O Tlils s.hcmc mav be called the Trirurr Victi,n CDnl 201S tl ) It null .on,e into effe.L fron) the dite of isnre of the notificnrion (ii,l This sdreDre bas treen fortu,lated in alisnnrent with thc Ccnlr.l en\irion Itrnd S.hen)e(C\/CI).
2l Dcfinition
(i) ln ihis icheme, uless the contest oth. rise rcquircd,
(i) 'Co!l e" nieans the Code of Crnninal Irrocedue, 197312 ol't974)i
(b) "S.hedulc" mcans S.h(lule apt.nded to this s.lrcn\', (.) "State" means State ofTripura;
4+ 72t / NOTIrTCATION In erercise of tlt porverc conlened b) Section 357A of the Co.te of Criniinal Prcce.1urc,1973 (A.t 2 of 1971), the covernor of Tripura in (oo,dnution rvilh ihe Central Governnent hercbr iram.d tlic iolLolviig s.lr.me krr providing fund for the pupose of compensation to the victim or his depenLlents ivho havc sufiered loss or injury as a result oI fie.rime and wlio rcquires.rehabilitation, nameLy :
nstrtion S.heDre.2012" shall fom ,,nll--r the Dresent scheme. The Victh ComPensatio .rc(litecl wiih 20% of the waEes dedu.ted frcn the 'or nn.t su.h oihcr contribution ud or grants as the Cov.nnn.nt oL anY otlrer organization or indivi'llril '. 'Dcr''.l '.1' m(. 1q . 'l 'Pou, . J"i'n ren' 'l '' lrr uPro rl,e ., 2l , " "' 1.r'.'', rir.l ';',.'l -''j'PrP l Ii d-er" "n 'l'PPndenr. P..""i..
G) "Vi.tim" means a person lrho has sufrered anv loss or nrjurY caused by rcasons of the act o. omission for which the ac'used person lEs been charged and the eipression 'viclnn' includes his or hor guardian or Legal heir.
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This s.hcme has been forndatcll as p.r $idelhes of the Central Vi.tinr Compensation I nd Scheme to fulfill the lollorving objectives:
(i) 1o elfectiveLy imPlement tlis Viciim ConPensalion Schme (VCS) notifiecl under the provisions of Section 357 A of Cr' P'C' and continuc fnrncial suPport to victims of various crimes esfe'ially sexlral offen.es incltrding raPe, aci.l attacks, crnre against childrcn, ht'nu hafficki11getc.
(ii) 1o bring the quantum of compensation amount at Par with the ientra Victin Compensatlon lun.l Scheme in respect of simllar .11 Victin ComPensation Fund
(i) There shall be constiiuted a frud namclv "Victnn CompdEation r.in.l" fLom whlch amount of comPensaiion un'ler this schenre shall tre !.,.',o.he i..-'orl.rsdPPFn err'\'l'olbv"' rIr'd'^5 orii rrr ''
1.J,.r or rl,. crime rnd \\ hu -e(rrri.n r"r..'t,il'..ir'o ..
The s.heme shall be imple enlcd through the lrtPector Gc'"ral The balan.e fund ln Victim ComPcnsation Irund 'rcaied unL]cr s. 115.0 lal(hs willgR'tii Icmc.20l2 .pp\ gi t of compcns,hor Lnder .ub 'e.tion(+) or s..rioI 357A of rhe Code provided rhev sitisfy thc condit,rs lii,l
(a)The offender is not haced or idenrified, identified and the vi.tinr has to incur .
physical and menral .ehabilitation. su.h Ih- l..nd d-du.Fd r.om ua.... of.onv;, .d p,rrorr.h.rt. l"1.,ii -.1 i-,o-rl)e ^Fr.ondt D"po. \ o,..,r ,tDA, ,.-, reJ . . ni.,...rev. Dy jr.. \'ro.rurrend.r, .lfr..u., r.1.t J ._p. .ar,. | "r onat D"pr.l Accourt (PDA) at theState L€vel by the Inspector General orpriso;s.
The flurd.oltecied nr th. pDA at Distri.t Lelet witi h.lr.hsfored by the Snperinrencte.t oi Prison to pDA maintaine; ;;
hspector General of prisons at thc end of every nonth.
5l Eligilrility for Compensarion ,(,). \,.trm,rdll be etigiore fo, th^b,drto.,omp-n.iLonrl ord\rC (iD \iicrin shan be eligible for the granr ofconpensation if, lh) r-. i, lin. or.laim.,., mL, repo.r r,.e c r.r lo lLa Off..r -:n('r., 3" ot lhe ,ocrt to i(- <.j ron Jadp. hh,,je ju-i,oi..ioj, .Le oir"n.p w,s io-r. eJ or ,o rhe IuC. iot vtag: h.r,lk\ rg iu-,oidion o-Ior/ n. , .inB. Lr nr .or Lorlpe rrion.
(i) Thc victim or ctainranr (nr ihe case of death of vi.rin,l .oooe'ate! r' rth l,e fot. . J.d pru.", J,.on durirg t,;ir.,iiB..or,,adt.ir u,rt,e i* turn;aCJoriJ. _ r.irg,o ciepose or rum up.lurnig rriat shall be considcred to be;on .ooPeration.
(d)The crime must be one itl rvhich the victim sustarns menrat or boctily nljury or.liesj
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(e)The deith or Fcmancni nlcapacitation of the victim ,,as not the result oa victim's own xrong doing or orvn substantial ) Ihe lictim suffers suLrsiantial loss of income as a crime or is unable to take .arc of expenses Lr.alrr.i ! for i-ju1 .o',-.. o..o-nroI.' n.
(g)Due to deaft of fte victim may clann compensation i there is no eaning menbc ns i rcsult of the crimc?
f the famih b..omcs .l r in the fanlill aho will (lrThe .ompensation Nould be a.lmissibl-- ro ihc vi.rim event of loss of propertv rorth Rs.L0 lakh or .rore and event of death or p.rmanent in.ataciiaiion of the b...rsP.f..t.f.rime
(i) Perpetrato$ or critue or his / her dependcni rvill not be eligible to any compensation un.ler the Schem€.
6l Procedurc for grani of.ompensatiou (, wherever a Le.ommendation for compensation ts ma.le by thc Codrt un.1er sub-section(2) or O) or S.cuon 357,4 or an appli.auon is naclc bJr any victim or his dependent mder sutxection (4) oI Se.tion 357,C of thc Codc to thc District Legal Se ices Authorih, it shall then erarnire the claim and verifv the contents of the see rvith reijdrd to the ioss oi injrry caused to victin arising out oI the reporte.l .rininal a.uvity and may call f(r Fcdicalrcport, FIR and related papers, copl,ofcharge sheet / fhal report of th. investigathg officer or any other relevant info.mation necessary in order to det€Ninc genuheness of the claim. Alter.lue enquiry anci belng satisfied of the colrllission ol the offence, District Legal Seniccs Authority shall deLtrmnle .ompensation within hvo months, in accordan.c wlth p.ovisions of this Scheme appended in the schc.lule an.] forward it to the Inspe.ror GeNral of l'risons ror payment.
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(ii) The quantum of conpeDsatiod to be .letednineL:l undef rhe 1 S.h.mc shall tre .tistrursed by Inspe.tor Ceneral of l,risons to the viciim or hb .tepenLlents as dire.ted by the Court or thc Legal Se.vices Authority, as the.ase may, either on personal appearan.c of the victim in the Office of the IisPector GcneEl of Prisons or bI oth.r mode of paynrent, bui the paynent hust be ha.1e on an urgentbasis.
f 7l Quantunofconpensation
(i) Distri.t Legal Services Autlloriil, shall decicle th. quaniunr of coopensation to Lre awarded to the victim or his dependents on the basis oi loss cause.l to the viclim, medical expenses to bc nlc ded on treatmcrt, mhinrun suslenance amoui requlre.l lor rchabilitation in.ludnig such nrci&,ntal charges as funcral expenses et.. The compcnsauon may vaty from case io case Llepending on fact of each case, but shall not er.eed the amount spe.iiiell h the schedule.
(ii) Compensation received bv the victim or dePendent from the State in relation to the crime in question, nam.lv, ins(ran.e/ ex-gratia ard / o. payment receive.l under any other Act or Staie iun scheme, shall be consider€d as part of the compensation anount uider these scheme arcl if the eligible coDpensation mout exceeds ihe payments rcceived by the viciinr irom collai€ral sour.es mentione.l abore. the balance amolnt sh.ll be
(iii) The case cover€d uder Moto. vehicle AcL 1988(59 of 1988) whercnr compensation is to be arva ed by the Motor Acci.lent Claim Tribunal and cases .overcd unde. existing schemes / fa.illties e.g. eitremist violen.e s.heme, diein hainess s.heme et., shall not be covere.l un.1er the (i!) The Distict LegalSeni.es Authority, kr alleviatc thc n,ff.ring of the !i.tim. n1a! o er Io. nnmedi.tte fnst .i.] I..ilitv or nierln_al lrpir.rpnr ro be Durtc avaii.Lrle iree of cost on thc ccrtifi.ate oi ihe Poli.e offi.d not belolv the Luk oi thc Offi.cr in Chargc of thc Police Station or \lagistrate of lh--.red.on.e red, or rxly other hterimrelief as itmtry be deenfit.
/ 4a7' (r'l Lr .ase cmFloynent is given io any frmity meDrlrer of victitu of r.r.,. r'.. ..' nil\ r .rt1 1or b. " i.ibi. ro ,s.i.tin.. no.r rhe aneme However, in case such employment is give. afrer retease of.ompensation under the scheme, the assistance would nor be witlidrawn.
sl Order to be ptacedon record Copy of the order of compcnsation passecl under this s.heme shal be mandatorily placed on rc.ord of ihe trial Courr to enablc the Court ro oass . I i.rof,or.persrion Jr,d".5-t,.p. orj( o.Spcrrol J57oI 1".one.
9l Lnnihtiol . No clajD mdde by the victim or his depen.tents uncter sub section (4) ofsection 357 A of the Code shal be entcrranred alter a perjoLl of six honiii;
l'rovideLl that the District LcSal Services Authority, if sarisfied, for the 'tasons to be rc.orded in {iting, mal condone the detay nr filhg the claim Ior another slx nonihs.
r0l Appeal Anr- victim aggrieved of ihe dcniat of.ompensarion by thc Disrri.t Legal SeNices Auiho.ity may fite an appeat before the Stare iegat Services Authority within a period ofninery days.
Prcvided thar the State Legal Services Authoriry, if sarisfied, foi the retrons to be rccorded jn wliting, nal, con.tone the .1etay ln tiling thc 111 l'ower to reniove difficurries Ii any difficulry arises in giving effecr ro provisions of thts schcme, thc Gove rment nray, as oc.asion aiises, bv or.jer, do anyrhing nor inconsisrcnt , :rl 'rr. pro\ I,ion. ct rr :s + hpme. ,\ r. .t, . npedr r^ ," "".",,. ,, ," ,.,..,.
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121 Repeal The Tri I NotwithstanLling su.h rePe.il, any or'1er issued' a'rioD taken or anythhg wliatsocvei done mder tlie Rules so repealed shall be deemcd to t,"n L,uin -n.1", iss""d, taken or done under corresPondhg provisions of thcse s.heme and the Provisior of TriPura Gene'al Cla$cs Aci'1966 $'ill afply in cletermining the€ffe.tof su'h rcPeal fthcn B) otuler of tle Govcrnor, .li (A (_. 1.1!
S ga\ Sl.No. Des a lls.3 Lakil R.r I l-h ci.al abuse oi minor Il.hatrili hrioD of victidr of Hutrnn Rs. r llkll Rs 5Ll,0n0/- Rs 2lakh Its.2lakh Runr\ artE.riig g,eitcr t 40'/" to 809:') har 2i li of Its 1 lakh ns 2lakh t rc bud\ (c\cl, t] nA Acid ltticl Rs l.51.lh IL Crie!ous l-lurt or Loss o Nlaximum amount compensaijon shall not ex.eed Rs.20,000/-(RuPees Note: lf the vi.tim is less than 14 years ol age' the compensation shall be nrcrcascc by 50% ove.ard above theamount sPecified' SC}IIJDU],E Rs. 3 LrIh Rs. 2 lakhJ.
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