 bill no 320 of  2015 the  code of criminal procedure (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri dushyant chautala, mp a 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 358 of the code of criminal procedure, 1973,—2 of 1974amendment of section 3585(i) in sub-section (1) for the words "the magistrate may award such compensation not exceeding one thousand rupees", the words " the magistrate may either sentence the person so causing arrest or simple imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days or award such compensation, not exceeding ten thousand rupees" shall be substituted(ii) in sub-section (2), for the words "one thousand rupees", the words"ten thousand rupees" shall be substituted statement  of  objects  and  reasonssection 358 of the code of criminal procedure 1973 prescribes compensation to persons, who are arrested groundlessly however, various cases pertaining to malicious and vexatious complaints and investigation with regard to misuse of section 358 has been registered the need is to check exploitation of the common man at the ends of the police and help to reduce harassment of innocent citizens in lieu of false complaints further, the accountability of policemen needed to be increased while investigating a complaint and also making the complainant accountable in case the complaint is proved to be a false one the increase of accountability will keep a check on corruption and strengthen trust of a common man in police and lawthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973 with a view to inflict simple imprisonment to the person causing groundless arrest of another person in addition to fine in order to check the misuse of the powers and increase the accountability of police while investigating the complainthence this billnew delhi;dushyant chautalanovember 18, 2015 annexure extract from the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (act no 2 of 1974)|     |     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|------|-----|compensation to persons groundlessly arrested358 (1) whenever any person causes a police officer to arrest another person, if it appears to the magistrate by whom the case is heard that there was no sufficient ground for causing such arrest, the magistrate may award such compensation, not exceeding one hundred rupees, to be paid by the person so causing the arrest to the person so arrested, for his loss of time and expenses in the matter, as the magistrate thinks fit(2) in such cases, if more persons than one are arrested, the magistrate may, in like manner, award to each of them such compensation, not exceeding one hundred rupees, as such magistrate thinks fit|     |     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|------|-----| lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973————(shri dushyant chautala,  mp)gmgipmrnd—2943ls(s3)—08-12-2015