Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 — Section 546: Payments to be taken into account in subsequent suit

546. Payments to be taken into account in subsequent suit. At the time of awarding compensation in any subsequent civil suit relating to the same matter, the Court shall take into account any sum paid or recovered as compensation under section 1[544A or section] 545. 2 [546A. Order of payment of certain fees paid by complainant in non-cognizable cases.

(1)Whenever any complaint of a non-cognizable offence is made to a Court, the Court, if it convicts the accused, may in addition to the penalty imposed upon him, order him to pay to the complainant

(a)the fee (if any) paid on the petition of complaint or for the examination of the complainant, and

(b)any fees paid by the complainant for serving processes on his witnesses or on the accused, and may further order that, in default of payment, the accused shall suffer simple imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days.

(2)An order under this section may also be made by an Appellate Court, or by the High Court, when exercising its powers of revision.]