SCOPE FOR GRANTING RELIEF TO THE POOR UNDERTRIAL PRISONERS THROUGH “PLEA BARGAINING- SECTION 265 OF CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973”

AUTHOR – ANJANI KUMAR SINGH, STUDENT AT DEPT. OF LAW, DHARM SAMAJ COLLEGE, ALIGARH

Best Citation – ANJANI KUMAR SINGH, SCOPE FOR GRANTING RELIEF TO THE POOR UNDERTRIAL PRISONERS THROUGH “PLEA BARGAINING- SECTION 265 OF CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973”, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (2) of 2023, Pg. 229-233, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

Abstract

Government of India has proposed a scheme “Support for Poor Prisoners” to provide financial support to states in order to extend relief to those prisoners who are unable to avail bail or get released from prisons due to non-payment of fine on account of financial constraints. This article analyses the present critical state of Indian Prisons filled with undertrial prisoners, especially those who might have otherwise got bail but for their inability to afford the penalty or the bail amount are still languishing in the jails. The data available in the public domain through National Crime Records Bureau has been discussed for profiling the correlation between acts of crimes and the social, economic and educational background of people indulging in criminal acts. Another very important factor discussed here is the age profile of prisoners which clearly reflects that major chunk of prison inmates belonged to the age group of 18-30 years.  The provisions of Plea Bargaining given at Chapter XXIA, Section 265 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, has been dwelt upon for exploring its existing provisions for finding a durable solution by the Central Government for decongesting the Indian prisons by granting bails to those inmates whose are not accused of heinous crime.