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7 It is further submitted that it is a normal practice that the trial Courts are insisting for moving an application for plea bargaining / plead guilty on the assurance to let off the accused lightly by paying the fine only. In the present case as well the accused had been under the impression that he was moving the application for plea bargaining when he moved his application for plea guilty and the Ld. MM as well assuming it to be a case of plea bargaining had let off the accused by imposing a fine of Rs.5,000/-. It is submitted that the plea of guilt entered into by the accused was under the mistaken impression of being let off lightly as is being done regularly by the Courts when the accused enters into plea bargain. To support his assertions, the Ld. counsel has placed on record the copies of the orders of various MMs, who under the scheme of plea bargain have been letting off the accused persons under the similar provisions of Copyright Act by simplicitor imposition of nominal fine.