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Seniors who have been the victims of the ends must be paid off compensation of at least 30% of the value of jewelry/cash lost or 5 lakh, depending on what is smaller, from the Fund for compensation of the victims, unless the police do not stand out and restore valuables, Madras suggested.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy said he proposed only a bare minimum amount, and the government of Tamil Nadu could remedy even higher compensation, as it became seniors to become older to get into residence or public places such as banks, ATMs, markets and hospitals.
The judge made observations in the liquidation of a petition filed by 68 -year -old P. Krishhnaveni of Ma.po.si. Nagar in the district of Tirvallur. The petitioner claimed that in 2018 she was deceived from 17.5 rulers of her golden jewelry, but the police have not yet been able to trace the culprits.
She proceeded to the Supreme Court and was looking for the Truvvallurian Municipal Police to complete the investigation and submit the final report, but the government (Criminal Party) of Pratap said the police had already reported with Freedom to reite the case if it encountered in the future.
“Frauds focused on seniors on the rise”
Observing that fuddies focused on the elderly were on the rise and that aging suffers from severe mental agony because of “unsurpassed creatures” who cheat and cheat “helpless souls”, Chakravarthy justice that the court could not avert his view from suffering under them.
He pointed out that the criminal proceedings were replaced by Bharatiya Nagarik Surraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the new criminal law uses the words “Nagarik Surraksha”, which means the protection of citizens. The primary goal of criminal jurisprudence should therefore be the protection of seniors, he added.
He also stressed that Section 396 BNSS sets a system of compensation for victims and states that such compensation could be paid by the victims of crime if the police fail to trace the perpetrator. However, the scheme of the compensation of victims framed in Tamil Nadu in 2013, however, limited compensation to only 1 lakh 1, he took.
The need for increased compensation
Since the quantum was determined 12 years ago, the judge suggested that the amount be significantly increased. In the present case, the judge was acknowledged that the petitioner lost 17.5 monarchs of gold jewelry as she went for a blood test to the laboratory along with her aged husband.
Two Konami, posed as police officers, helped cross the older couple. After noticing the jewelry worn by the petitioner, they warned it of frequent gold chain incidents in the locality. She was asked to remove her golden Thali, bracelets and rings and keep them in a bag that had 5,000 GBP in cash.
After the petitioner did, as she was told, the corsets with the bag decorated. Given that the current value of gold is around 75,000 GBP per monarch, the judge ruled that the petitioner would be entitled to a replacement of 4 lakh (30%) and that the amount should be paid for its Prague.
The Chakravarthy justice ordered the Law Services Office in Truvallur District to deploy a legal volunteer of a paragraph who would meet the petitioner and help her to claim the amount of compensation and also ensure that he would be paid within 12 weeks through the proposal or transfer of bank accounts.
He made it clear that the petitioner would have to return the money to the state if the police reopened the theft after obtaining any traces in the future.
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Published – 3 September 2025 17:27
