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JUSTICE TO VICTIMS OF CRIME IN INDIA: AN ANAL ANALY YTIC TICAL AL STUDY PRESENTED BY RAMAKANT INTRODUCTION It is now standard practice to observe that the victim has lo been !orotten part" in criminal #$stice% &ccasionall" victims wo$ld appear on the scene as complainant and applicant !or compensation' or as complainants and applicants !or compensation 'or as witnesses b$t therea!ter the" were o!ten larel" nelected% This sit$ation has now been chaned% Now s$!!icient attention is paid to the rihts o! crime victims% DEFINITION,MEANING AND CONCEPT OF VICTIM MEANIN( &) *I+TIM A victim o! crime in ordinar" lan$ae means a person aaint whom a crime has been committed% The term victim has been iven a wider meanin and incl$des the immediate !amil" members's$ch as wi!e 'children' aed parants% DE)INITI&N &) *I+TIM ,*ictims- means persons who' individ$all" or collectivel"' have s$!!ered harm' incl$din ph"sical or mental in#$r"' emotional s$!!erin' economic loss or s$bstantial impairment o! their !$ndamental rihts' thro$h acts or omissions that are in violation o! criminal laws operative within Member States' incl$din those laws proscribin criminal ab$se o! power% Accordin to section . wa/ The +ode o! +riminal Proced$re'1234 “victim” means a person who has s$!!ered an" loss or in#$r" ca$sed b" reason o! the act or omission !or which the acc$sed person has been chared and the e5pression “victim”incl$des his or her $ardian or leal heir67 EMERGENCE OF VICTIMOLOGY victimolo" is s$b!ield o! criminolo" that sociali8es in st$d"in the victim' victimisation' reactions and e!!ects o! victimisation% The term 9victiomolo"7 is enerall" credited to Beniamin Mendelsohn in 12:3%tho$h some s$est that )rederic;- YSI+A==Y A))E+TED )INAN+IA== )INAN +IA==Y Y A))E+TED A))E+TIN( )AMI=Y PEA+E PSY+>&=&(I+A==Y A))E+TED
VICTIMS RIGHT
The riht to protection !rom intimidation and harm%
The riht to be in!ormed concernin the criminal #$stice process% The riht to reparations% The riht to preservation o! propert" and emplo"ment%
The riht to d$e process in criminal co$rt proceedins%
The riht to be treated with dinit" and compassion% The riht to co$nsel%
UNDER STA UNDER STAT TUTO UTORY RY PRO PROVI VISIO SIONS NS IN INDIA
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+&MPENSATI&N )&R >CMAN RI(>TS *I&=ATI&N +&NSCMER PR&TE+TI&N A+T 12? PR&BATI&N PR&BATI&N &) &))ENDERS &))ENDE RS A+T '12?
RECOMMENDATION OF COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE TO VICTIM
The =aw +ommission in its report in 122' stated that ,the state sho$ld accept the principle o! providin assistance to victims o$t o! its own trends in cases o! •
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acF$ittal' or where the o!!ender is not traceable b$t the victim is identi!ied ' or