IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Rev. No. 223 of 2025 ----- Sudhir Soren, S/o Late Lobin Soren, R/o H.No. 65, Tola Beldih, P.O.- Bhilaipahari, P.S.-M.G.M., Mango, Deoghar, Dist.-East Singhbhum, Jharkhand … …. Petitioner Versus 1. Baso Soren, W/o Sudhir Soren, R/o A-126, U.C.I.L., Narwa Colony, P.O. & P.S.-Jadugora, Jamshedpur, Dist.-East Singhbhum, Jharkhand- 831011 2. Prince Soren, S/o Sudhir Soren, R/o A-126, U.C.I.L., Narwa Colony, P.O. & P.S.-Jadugora, Jamshedpur, Dist.-East Singhbhum, Jharkhand- 831011 represented through his legal and natural guardian his mother 3. State of Jharkhand … …. Opp. Parties ----- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Subhashis Rasik Soren, Advocate Ms. Shobha Gloria, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P For the Opp. parties : Mr. Abhishek Singh, Advocate ----- Oral Order 09 / Dated : 11.08.2025 1. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on 31.07.2025 when the order was dictated, it was specifically stated that the amount was already paid to opposite party nos. 1 and 2 by the petitioner, is to be adjusted. Rs. One Lakh had already been paid by the petitioner in pursuance of the direction passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court and Rs. Two Lakh was paid in pursuance of the direction passed in an order while hearing the anticipatory bail application. 2. Learned counsel for opposite party nos. 1 and 2 has submitted that while hearing the anticipatory bail application, the payment was made under the Victim Compensation Scheme and, therefore, there was no direction to set off the maintenance amount. 3. I am not impressed with the argument advanced by learned counsel for opposite party nos. 1 and 2 that while hearing the anticipatory bail application, the payment was made as a part of Victim Compensation Scheme. There is a Victim Compensation Scheme in which compensation is to be paid as per the Scheme by the State Government 2 during the pendency of the case. There is no proposition that before the judgment of conviction is rendered, the victim compensation can be paid by the Trial Court to the victim. The said amount can be paid after the conviction from the fine amount. 4. Since the payments have been made to opposite party nos. 1 and 2, therefore, it goes without saying that the said amount will be deducted from the arrears of the maintenance amount to be paid to opposite party nos. 1 and 2. Under the circumstance, the payments, already made to the applicant by the petitioner, either in the proceeding under sections 125 Cr.P.C. or in the anticipatory bail application, shall be adjusted against the arrear of the maintenance amount. The order, earlier passed, accordingly, stands modified. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) AKT/Satayendra