● It refers to an accused criminal negotiating with the prosecution for a lesser punishment than what is provided in law by pleading guilty to a less serious offence.
● It involves pretrial negotiations between the accused and the prosecutor.
● Plea bargaining was introduced in CrPC in 2006
● Plea bargaining is not allowed for:
- a person charged for an offence that attracts the death sentence, life sentence or a prison term above seven years
- offences affecting the “socio-economic conditions” of the country
- offences committed against a woman or a child below the age of 14.
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