Appearance by public prosecutors
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Summary
Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of a case may appear and plead without written authority before any Court where the case is under inquiry, trial, or appeal. If a private person instructs a pleader to prosecute, the Public Prosecutor in charge will conduct the prosecution and the pleader must act under the Public Prosecutor's directions. With the Court's permission the pleader may submit written arguments after the evidence is closed.
Example
Priya asks a pleader to prosecute a neighbour in a trial. The Public Prosecutor in charge will actually conduct the prosecution, the pleader must follow the Public Prosecutor's directions, and with the Court's permission the pleader may submit written arguments after the evidence is closed.
Bare Act
Enacted text(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 any such case any private person instructs a pleader 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 pleader 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.
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