The Growth of Victim Compensation in India

The very object of criminal justice sytem is to punish the offender and to protect the society against crimes. Traditional criminal justice administration was bed rocked on the concept that the victims of crime gets justice when the criminal gets convicted and he is sentenced to imprisonment. The traditional criminal sanctions are not successful enough to further the interests of the criminal justice system. The experiences of countries worldwide have shown that an effective way to address the many needs of victims of crime is to establish programmes within criminal justice and social institutions that will provide psychological, social, emotional and financial support. At present the concept of victim compensation is rapidly developing. By way of compensatory jurisprudence, the victim is not forgotten in the criminal justice system. The paper traces down the evolution andcurrent position of victim compensation in India.