law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  359.Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases.-
  (1) Whenever any complaint of a non-cognizable
  
  offence is made to a Court, the Court, if it convicts the accused, may, in
  
  addition to the penalty imposed upon him, order him to pay to the complainant,
  
  in whole or in part, the cost incurred by him in the prosecution, and may
  
  further order that in default of payment, the accused shall suffer simple
  
  imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days and such costs may include
  
  any expenses incurred in respect of process-fees, witnesses and pleader's fees
  
  which the Court may consider reasonable.
  (2) An order under this section may also be made by an Appellate Court or by
  
  the High Court or Court of Session when exercising its powers of revision.