Can a Court Direct an Accused to Pay Interim Compensation to the Victim as a Condition for Granting Bail or Anticipatory Bail?

[Educator]

2. We do believe that the impugned order suffers from an infraction of law as the question of interim victim compensation cannot form part of the bail jurisprudence.6. In Udho Thakur (supra) the aspect of use of expression "victim compensation" was found to be inappropriate as pre-arrest bail proceedings are not money recovery proceedings.7. The matter in this case is one step further as it is