An accused can make an application for plea bargaining if and when he is alleged to have committed the offence
Explanation:
Chapter XXI-A of the CrPC deals with plea bargaining. Section 265A specifies certain exclusions. Plea bargaining is *not* applicable to offences affecting the socio-economic condition of the country, or committed against a woman or a child below the age of fourteen years, or punishable with death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years. The question is phrased to ask for an eligible offence, but the tick mark is on an *excluded* category. Interpreting the question as 'for which of the following offences is plea bargaining *not* applicable?', then 'affecting socio economic condition of the country' is correct as per Section 265A(b).