Payment of compensation in cases of frivolous or vexatious prosecution.

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....rovisions of section 250 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), shall not apply; and the following provisions shall apply instead.      (2) If the Magistrate by whom any such case is heard discharges or acquits all or any of the accused and is of opinion that the accusation against them or any of them was false and either frivolous or vexatious, the Magistrate ....

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....housand rupees in all.      (4) The Magistrate may, by the order directing payment of the compensation under sub-section (3), further order that, in default of payment, the shareholder ordered to pay such compensation shall suffer simple imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months.      (5) When any person is imprisoned under sub-section (4), the ....