Multiple choice

No person shall be appointed as a Public Prosecutor for a district unless his name appears in the panel of names prepared by the

  1. Sessions Judge

  2. High Court

  3. District Magistrate

  4. Superintendent of Police
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Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: A District Magistrate shall, in consultation with the Sessions Judge, prepare a panel of names of persons to be appointed as the Public Prosecutor for the district. Option (2) is incorrect: The High Court doesn’t prepare a panel of names of persons who are fit to be appointed as the Public Prosecutor for a district. Option (3) is correct: Under Section 24(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a District Magistrate shall, in consultation with the Sessions Judge, prepare a panel of names of persons, who are, in his opinion, fit to be appointed as the Public Prosecutor for the district. Option (4) is incorrect: The Superintendent of Police has no authority to prepare a panel of names of to be appointed as the Public Prosecutor for a district.

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