Smuggling - Gold - plea bargaining versus compounding of ...

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January 5, 2022

Smuggling - Gold - plea bargaining versus compounding of offences - The concept of plea bargaining was introduced in Indian criminal jurisprudence by way of amendment Act of 2005 in the Code of Criminal Procedure under Chapter XXIA. Chapter XXIA delineates the guidelines for a Mutually Satisfactory Disposition (MSD). - Had the legislature intended to exclude the applicability of Chapter XXIA Cr.P.C. to those enactments where there are provisions for compounding the offence, then it would have explicitly mentioned the same in Chapter XXIA Cr.P.C. Chapter XXIA Cr.P.C. was introduced to include all statutes, save those that were specifically excluded under Section 265-A(2). It cannot be said that the legislature was unaware of the Customs Act, 1962, while devising the chapter on plea bargaining. Therefore, the presence of Section 137(3) of the Customs Act, 1962, will not take away the applicability of Chapter XXIA Cr.P.C. - HC

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Smuggling - Gold - plea bargaining versus compounding of ...

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January 5, 2022

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