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Section 4 (w.e.f. 5-7-2006).] Plea Bargaining

265B in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 265B. Application for plea bargaining. (1) A person accused of . an offence may file application for plea ... extent of punishment provided under the law for the offence, the plea bargaining in his case and that he has not previously been convicted

Criminal Procedure, the following Chapter shall be inserted, namely:-' CHAPTER XXIA PLEA BARGAINING

accused was based solely on the plea of guilty entered by the appellant as a result of plea bargaining between the prosecution, the defence ... accused based on a plea of guilty entered by him as a result of plea bargaining with the prosecution and the magistrate must be held

learned single Judge, upon reaching to positive conclusion of illegal "plea bargaining". Therefore, the State cannot be permitted to contend that all offences ... learned trial Magistrate has awarded lesser sentence and such a "plea bargaining" is not legal and deprecated the practice adopted by the Magistrate

respondent herein. The petitioner availed the facility of plea bargaining as envisaged in Sec.265B of Chapter XXIA ... fine/compensation amount. Ext.P-2(4) is the application for plea bargaining filed by the petitioner

plea so entered. Held that the conviction of an accused based on a plea of guilty entered by him as a result of plea bargaining ... statutory requirements with absolute impunity are going on unabatedly. Such pleas of plea bargaining deserve to be abhored and eschewed from practice by the trial

moved by the Respondent herein on 02.09.2021 for plea bargaining. A Reply dated 22.09.2021 was filed wherein Air Customs (Petitioner herein) stated that the application ... awarded to the Respondent if her plea for W.P. (CRL.) 1974/2021 Page 21 of 26 plea bargaining is accepted. The consequent MSD dated

other co-accused person Harpreet Singh made an Application for plea bargaining under the relevant provisions, as a result whereof, the said Application was referred ... Chapter 21A of the Criminal Procedure Code , 1973 by way of plea bargaining and consequently, the National Lok Adalat after considering the facts and circumstances

their plea of guilty and seek trial of the case as the plea of guilty could have been made pursuant to plea bargaining. In support ... said chapter and the plea of guilty was made even before the introduction of the said chapter legalising plea bargaining. Therefore, as rightly contended