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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXIII: Plea Bargaining

Section 298 BNSS: Savings

Corresponding CrPC
Section 265J CrPC

Bare Act text

The provisions of this Chapter shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other provisions of this Sanhita and nothing in such other provisions shall be construed to constrain the meaning of any provision of this Chapter.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression “Public Prosecutor” has the meaning assigned to it under clause (v) of section 2 and includes an Assistant Public Prosecutor appointed under section 19.

Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

The plea bargaining Chapter overrides inconsistent provisions of the Sanhita, and other provisions are not to be read as restricting its meaning. An Explanation states that "Public Prosecutor" has the meaning given in clause (v) of section 2 and extends to further persons named there.

Chapter XXIII: Plea Bargaining

  1. 289 Application of Chapter
  2. 290 Application for plea bargaining
  3. 291 Guidelines for mutually satisfactory disposition
  4. 292 Report of mutually satisfactory disposition to be submitted before Court
  5. 293 Disposal of case
  6. 294 Judgment of Court
  7. 295 Finality of judgment
  8. 296 Power of Court in plea bargaining
  9. 297 Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment
  10. 298 Savings
  11. 299 Statements of accused not to be used
  12. 300 Non-application of Chapter
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