Appearance by Public Prosecutors
Chapter 26: General provisions as to inquiries and trials
(1) The Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of a case may appear and plead without any written authority before any Court in which that case is under inquiry, trial or appeal.
(2) If in any such case any private person instructs his advocate to prosecute any person in any Court, the Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of the case shall conduct the prosecution, and the advocate so instructed shall act therein under the directions of the Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor, and may, with the permission of the Court, submit written arguments after the evidence is closed in the case.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 337Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offenceCrPC 300
- 339Permission to conduct prosecutionCrPC 302
- 340Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defendedCrPC 303
- 341Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain casesCrPC 304
- 342Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accusedCrPC 305
- 343Tender of pardon to accompliceCrPC 306