Summary:
The Chief Justice observed that assigning the works and cases related to two or three courts to a single public prosecutor was, apparently, overburdening them. As per the instructions of the Chief Justice to the HC registry, the matter was taken up as two petitions — one referring to Telangana and the other to Andhra Pradesh. ‘Accused remain accused’Naturally, there was a need to appoint adequate number of PPs in all the trial courts to present foolproof arguments against the accused and secure their conviction, the Chief Justice noted. In some cases, the accused were remaining the accused for several years without being tried for the charges pressed against them, the bench said. This was hampering extension of justice to the victims and slowing down the process of prosecution..