SC/ST Atrocities Compensation Can Be Released Only After Victim Gives Undertaking Against Turning Hostile: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed a victim seeking compensation under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 to file an affidavit assuring that she will not enter into any compromise with the accused and will not turn hostile during the criminal trial. The Court held that further compensation from public funds should not be released until such an undertaking is provided. The order was…