Section 338 of BNSS, 2023 (THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023)
338. (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.
Advocate Anoop Verma, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh
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