Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:22915-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 3388 of 2025 Petitioner :- Complainant Of Case Crime No.124/2016 Ps Kotwali Nagar Distt. Ayodhya Respondent :- National Legal Services Authority Thru. Secy. New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mool Shankar Mishra,Rajeev Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents and perused the material available on record. 2. The petitioner seeks issuance of a writ, order of direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to provide the compensation to the victim- petitioner in view of Section 357-A & B Cr.P.C. corresponding to Section 396 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 33(8) of POCSO Act read with Scheme named as "Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/other crimes, 2018" in connection with the First Information Report/Case Crime No. 124 of 2016, under Sections 363, 366 and 376 I.P.C. read with Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, lodged at Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Faizabad/Ayodhya. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has applied for providing compensation under the aforesaid provisions. He submits that though the matter is pending since 2016 but no decision has been taken till date. 4. In view thereof, the respondent no.4/District Magistrate, Ayodhya is directed to take a decision for providing compensation under the aforesaid provisions to the victim- petitioner in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order along with a copy of the application is produced before him and communicate the same to the petitioner. 5. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 23.4.2025/Praveen Digitally signed by :- PRAVEEN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench