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The Law Commission in its 14th Report recommended the creation of seperate Prosecuting Agency in Karnataka called, Directorate of Prosecution vide Government Order No.1 Law 114 LAG 72, dated 30-12-1972 and  vide  Government Order. No. LAW 15 PPE 73, DATED: 20.3.73, the government has laid down the organizational set up and the main functions of Directorate of Prosecutions. Subsequently, the Government of Karnataka vide  G.O.No. DCA 7 ARB 2004, dated: 22.09.2004 created a seperate Prosecution Agency called Directorate of Prosecutions, independent of the police, so that such prosecutions are conducted efficaciously. The administartive control was with the law department untill  2002 and now Directorate of Prosecutions is under the control of  Home Department.

     The Director of Prosecutions and Government Litigation is operated from its Head Office at  6th floor, Cauvery Bhavan, Bangalore.

Main Powers and Functions of department:

1. Recommend to the Government on conduct of criminal cases on behalf of the state in criminal courts. 

2.To review the Judgment and Orders in acquittal and discharge cases rendered by the courts of Magistrate and Sessions Judge and to recommend the Governmnent for preferrring appeals or revisions as the case may be.

3. Arranging for conduct of Governmnet Civil Litigation in Civil suits on behalf of the State in the Courts of Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class in the entire state and,

4.All other matter incidental to the prosecution of criminal cases and Government Civil litiagations where government is also a party before the above referred courts.

Benifits available to public:

             The public can obtain information with regard to the functioning of this Department in accordance with the provisions of the Right to Information Act,2005. 

Last Updated: 24-03-2022 05:07 PM Updated By: Admin


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