Duties & Responsibilities 

             It is expected that the public prosecutors has to be independent of the executive and from all external influences. They are also independent of the police and the investigation process. The prosecutor has a duty to the State and the victims, to the accused and to the court. The prosecutor is at all times the minister of justice, though seldom so described. It is not the duty of the prosecutor to secure a conviction nor should any prosecutor even feel pride or satisfaction in the mere fact of success. Still less should be boast of the percentage of conviction secured over a period. The duty of the prosecutor is to present before the courts a precisely formulated case for the State against the accused and to call evidence in support of it. Public prosecutors are really ministers of justice whose job is none other than assisting the State in the administration of justice. They are not representatives of any parties. Their job is to assist the court by placing before the court all relevant aspects of the case. They are not there to see the innocents send to the gallows; they are also not there to see the culprits escape from the bars. It is the statutory responsibility of the public prosecutors alone, to apply his mind and decide about withdrawing from prosecution and this power is non negotiable and cannot be bartered away in favor of those who may be above him on the administrative side.