Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
60A. Reward to persons
(1) When a court
imposes a sentence of fine or a sentence of which fine forms a part, the court
may, when passing judgment, order that the reward be paid to a person who
renders assistance in the detection of the offence or the apprehension of the
offenders out of the proceeds of fine not exceeding twenty percent. of such
fine.
(2) When a case is
compounded under section 54, the officer compounding may order reward to be
paid to a person who renders assistance in the detection of the offence or the
apprehension of the offenders out of the sum of money accepted by way of
composition not exceeding twenty percent. of such money.]