Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
253. Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases.
(1) Where a summons has been issued ... discretion, convict the accused in his absence, on his plea of guilty and sentence him to pay the fine specified in the summons
reads :
Conviction on plea of guilty.- If the accused pleads guilty, the Judge shall record the plea and may, in his discretion, convict him thereon ... reads :
Conviction on plea of guilty.- (1) If the accused pleads guilty, the Magistrate shall record the plea and may, in his discretion, convict
first offence" either by evidence or "by raising the plea of guilty"; is competent to impose for such "first offence ... another, he may plead guilty to the crime, as charged. If the accused pleads guilty, the Magistrate shall record the plea, as nearly as possible
habit of encouraging plea bargaining and letting off the accused tightly if there was a plea of guilty, so that he may get quick disposal ... plea of bargaining between the prosecution, the defence and the learned Magistrate. It is obvious that such conviction based on the plea of guilty entered
record. According to the petitioner,
this plea is also evident from the fact that the plea of "guilty" does not
bear any signatures ... pleas and contentions raised on
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behalf of the petitioner that the alleged `plea of guilty
plea shall be recorded, and he may be convicted thereon,
14. it is discretionary for the Court to convict on a plea of guilty. Having ... guilty" which obtains in England.) The Code then provides in Sub-Section (2) that if accused pleads guilty, the plea shall be recorded
District Court, the court accepted
the defendant's guilty plea after the defendant's counsel stated that he
had advised the defendant ... Court of Appeals, wherein he has
contended that his guilty plea should have been set aside because of the
trial court's failure
support of the pleas and contentions raised on
behalf of the petitioner that the alleged `plea of guilty‟ by the petitioner
cannot be accepted ... guilty is
radically different from that prescribed for trial of cases
where the accused pleads „not guilty‟. The procedure in
cases where the plea
Guilty" or "Not Guilty".
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(1) ―Guilty‖ or ―Not Guilty ... otherwise that the accused ought to plead
not guilty.
(2A) Where an accused pleads ―Guilty‖, such plea and the
factum of compliance of sub-rule
usual practice in such cases is not to accept the plea of guilty, but to proceed to record evidence and base the order of conviction ... murder, it has long been the practice not to accept the plea of guilty. After all murder is a mixed question of fact
