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Top court suggests attaching properties of acid attackers
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|January 28, 2026
THE TOP COURT DIRECTED ALL STATES AND UTs TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF SUCH VICTIMS WITHIN FOUR WEEKS
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that assets of acid attack perpetrators be attached as a means for providing compensation to victims of such crimes, observing that “extraordinary punitive” measures alone can ensure such actions are a “painful” experience for the accused as well.
Hearing a public interest litigation filed by a victim Shaheen Malik, who narrated the plight of victims, the court directed all states and union territories to conduct an audit of such victims within four weeks. It asked that the audit track status of trials, employment and marital status of victims, details of their treatment and rehabilitation schemes.
This story is from the January 28, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Amritsar.
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