The offence affecting the socio-economic condition of the country, to which plea bargaining is not…

Section 265A(2) assigns the Central Government the task of notifying offences affecting the country’s socio-economic condition for the plea-bargaining exclusion. This is separate from the other statutory exclusions, including punishment levels and specified victims. The State Government and the two commissions do not have the notification power asked here.

Current law: BNSS section 289(2) retains Central Government notification. Its broader chapter also changes matters such as application timing and exclusion for offences against a child, now defined as below 18 rather than the former below 14 wording.