CrPC Section 265L: Non-application of the Chapter
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 21A: Plea Bargaining
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 265L. Non-application of the Chapter.- Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to any juvenile or child as defined in clause (k) of section 2 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (56 of 2000)."
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 300 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p15
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Other sections in this chapter
- 265A. Application of the Chapter
- 265B. Application for plea bargaining
- 265C. Guidelines for mutually satisfactory disposition
- 265D. Report of the mutually satisfactory disposition to be submitted before the Court
- 265E. Disposal of the case
- 265F. Judgment of the Court
- 265G. Finality of the judgment
- 265H. Power of the Court in plea bargaining
- 265I. Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment
- 265J. Savings
- 265K. Statements of accused not to be used