 bill no 130 of  2015 the code of criminal procedure (amendment) bill, 2015 byshrimati meenakashi lekhi, mpa billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—2 in section 357a of the code of criminal procedure, 1973, after clause (2), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of section 357a"provided that the recommendation for compensation to be awarded may extend upto ten lakh rupees:5provided further that while recommending the compensation, the court shall take into consideration the interim and other reliefs granted to a victim" statement of objects and reasonsthe current compensation amounts given to acid attack victims does not adequately cover the expenses incurred on medical treatment fine imposed on offenders under section 326a of the indian penal code, 1860 is paid to the victim for meeting the medical expenses of treatment however, the actual expenditure incurred by a victim on medical, psychological and rehabilitation is always much higher than the amount of finesection 357a was inserted by way of an amendment in the code to introduce victims compensation scheme however, as observed by the supreme court, only seventeen states/ union territories have implemented the victim compensation scheme so far, and, sadly these amounts range from rupees twenty-five thousand to rupees two lakh at the most noting the insufficiency of these amounts, the supreme court in 2013 had directed that states pay a minimum of rupees three lakh as compensation to victims the law commission, on the other hand, has recommended in its 226th report that at least five lakh rupees should be paid as compensation to a victimthe bill seeks to increase the minimum compensation to be paid to a victim upto ten lakh rupees medical expenditure to be incurred by a victim alone is a hefty and, in most cases, it is an unaffordable amount it involves both short and long term treatments of corrective surgeries, physiotherapy and skin grafting, among other treatments for the deep trauma and social prejudice that a victim faces, intensive psychological counselling also becomes necessary in some cases, 25 to 30 corrective surgeries are required for a single victim and the treatment takes several years after these procedures, the victims need to be rehabilitated back in to the society to proceed further with their studies or careerin view of the immense psychological, financial and social pressure that a victim undergoes, it is necessary to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973 with a view to increase the amount of compensation upto ten lakh rupees to be paid to a victim of acid attackhence this billnew delhi;meenakashi lekhimarch 27,  2015 annexure extract from the code of criminal procedure, 1973victim compensation scheme357a (1) every state government in co-ordination with the central government shall prepare a scheme for providing funds for the purpose of compensation to the victim or his dependents who have suffered loss or injury as a result of the crime and who require rehabilitation(2) whenever a recommendation is made by the court for compensation, the district legal service authority or the state legal service authority, as the case may be, shall decide the quantum of compensation to be awarded under the scheme referred to in sub-section (1) lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973————(shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp)gmgipmrnd—372ls(s3)—28-04-2015