Section 427

In every criminal case tried before the High Court, and in every criminal case tried before a Sessions Court or a Magistrate’s Court, the

Court may in its discretion order payment out of the Consolidated Fund to the prosecutor and to the witnesses both for the prosecution and for the defence, or to such of them as it thinks fit, of the expenses incurred by them severally in and about attending the High Court, or the

Sessions Court or Magistrate’s Court and also compensation for their trouble and loss of time, subject to such rules as are prescribed.

Criminal Procedure Code 235