CrPC Section 301: Appearance by public prosecutors
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 24: General Provisions as
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
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 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:
In section 301, for sub-section (1), the following 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, section 4]
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 300. Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence
- 302. Permission to conduct prosecution
- 303. Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
- 304. Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases
- 305. Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused
- 306. Tender of pardon to accomplish
- 307. Power to direct tender of pardon
- 308. Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
- 309. Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
- 310. Local inspection
- 311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
- 311A. Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting
- 312. Expenses of complainants and witnesses
- 313. Power to examine the accused
- 314. Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments
- 315. Accused person to be competent witness
- 316. No influence to be used to induce disclosure
- 317. Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases
- 318. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
- 319. Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence
- 320. Compounding of offences
- 321. Withdrawal from prosecution
- 322. Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of
- 323. Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
- 324. Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp law or property
- 325. Procedure when Magistrate can not pass sentence sufficiently severe
- 326. Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
- 327. Court to be open