CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
301. Appearance by Public Prosecutors
338. Appearance by Public Prosecutors
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
301. Appearance by Public Prosecutors.—(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 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.
STATE AMENDMENT
West Bengal
For sub-section (1) of section 301 of the principal Act, the following sub-sections shall be
substituted:—
“(1) (a) The 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.
(b) The 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 or trial.”.
[Vide West Bengal Act 26 of 1990, s. 4.]
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
338. Appearance by Public Prosecutors.—(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.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023