Rohini, LLM, University School of Law, Rayat Bahra University, Mohali Parul Singh Chauhan, Assistant Professor, University School of Law, Rayat Bahra University, Mohali ABSTRACT The Indian criminal justice system has historically placed the victim at the margins of a process designed, ostensibly, to address the harm caused to victims. While the offender occupies the centre of the criminal process with procedural rights, constitutional safeguards, and institutional attention, the victim has...