Section 20
Plea bargaining before Gram Nyayalaya.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas at the grass roots level for the purposes of providing access to justice to the citizens at their doorsteps and to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of social, economic or other disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
A person accused of an offence may file an
application for plea bargaining in Gram Nyayalaya in which such offence is pending trial and the Gram
Nyayalaya shall dispose of the case in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XXIA of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).