Offences and Compensation Thereof

(1) Whenever any person makes any false and frivolous or vexatious complaint and causes arrest of a public servant, if it appears to the Judge of a special Court by whom the case is heard that there is no sufficient ground of proceeding or for causing such arrest the Special Court may award such compensation not exceeding Rs. 1,000 to be paid by the person so causing the arrest to the public servant so arrested for his loss of time and expenses in the matter, as the Judge thinks fit. (2) In such cases, if more public servants than one are arrested, the Judge may, in like manner, award to each one of them such compensation not exceeding Rs. 1,000, as such the Judge thinks fit. (3) No Court except a Special Court shall take cognizance of an offence under sub-section (1). (4) Any compensation awarded under this section may be recovered as if it were a fine, and, if it cannot be so recovered, the person by whom it is payable shall be sentenced to simple imprisonment for such term not exceeding 3(three) months as the Judge directs, unless such sum is sooner paid.