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The Indian Police Journal• Loss of property or damage, which cannot be restored anddeprivation of the use of property;• Special damages or expenses and costs reasonably incurred bythe victim or his family dependents, in appropriate cases.Before concluding, it would be pertinent to refer to the suggestionsmade by Justice R.L. Narsimha 25 , who proposed that it shouldbe mandatory for the courts to record reasons for providing or notproviding the compensation to the victim of crime. In his view, thoughcompensation can never be a perfect solution for the redressal ofvictim’s woes, but still it is something which consoles him to someextent. The functionaries associated with the administration of criminaljustice should approach the problem in a holistic manner, so that legaland constitutional rights of victims of crime are duly protected andtheir faith in Criminal Justice System is not shattered.•Reference1. Justice Krisna Iyer : “Access to Justice -- A Case of Basic Change”, 1991.2. Inserted by Cr.P.C. (Amendment) Act, 2008 w.e.f. December 31, 2009.3. Manu Smriti, Chapter VIII, verse 287.4. The Seventh U.N. Congress on Prevention of Crime & Treatment ofOffenders was held in Milan (Italy) on November 29, 1985. It is knownfor ‘Milan Plan Action’. 6. The compensation ordered to be paid to victim u/s 357(1) may be forcosts, damage or injury suffered, loss caused due to death or monetaryloss caused due to theft, destruction, etc.7. Section 359(1) Cr.P.C.8. Section 421 Cr.P.C.9. Section 5 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.10. AIR 1983 SC 1086 (compensation awarded for illegal and unlawfuldetention in prison).11. Sarwan Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 2000 SC 362.12. AIR 1995 SC 1935.13. AIR 1986 SC 498.14. AIR 1996 SC 922.January - March, 201355