Under section 289(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the Chapter on plea bargaining…

Under section 289(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 265A(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), Chapter XXIII on plea bargaining applies to an accused against whom a police report has been forwarded under section 193 or a Magistrate has taken cognizance on a complaint and issued process, other than an offence for which the punishment of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years has been provided under the law for the time being in force, and it does not apply where such offence affects the socio-economic condition of the country (as notified by the Central Government under sub-section (2)) or has been committed against a woman, or a child.