Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to any juvenile or child as defined in section 2 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016).
Section 300 BNSS: Non-application of Chapter
- Corresponding CrPC
- Section 265L CrPC
Bare Act text
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 does not apply to a juvenile or child as defined in section 2 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
Chapter XXIII: Plea Bargaining
- 289 Application of Chapter
- 290 Application for plea bargaining
- 291 Guidelines for mutually satisfactory disposition
- 292 Report of mutually satisfactory disposition to be submitted before Court
- 293 Disposal of case
- 294 Judgment of Court
- 295 Finality of judgment
- 296 Power of Court in plea bargaining
- 297 Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment
- 298 Savings
- 299 Statements of accused not to be used
- 300 Non-application of Chapter