Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXIII: Plea Bargaining
Section 292: Report of mutually satisfactory disposition to be submitted before Court
In plain words
If a disposition is agreed, the court prepares a report signed by the presiding officer and everyone at the meeting. If not, the court records this and the case continues from the stage the application was filed.
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Official text
Where in a meeting under section 291, a satisfactory disposition of the case has been worked out, the Court shall prepare a report of such disposition which shall be signed by the presiding officer of the Court and all other persons who participated in the meeting and if no such disposition has been worked out, the Court shall record such observation and proceed further in accordance with the provisions of this Sanhita from the stage the application under sub-section (1) of section 290 has been filed in such case.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 292
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