Criminal Prosecution Services of Pakistan
Introduction
In Pakistan, public prosecution is a provincial subject. Thus, matters pertaining to administration and financial control of the prosecution service are within the purview of the provincial government. On the other hand, matters pertaining to rules of procedure and duties of prosecutors at criminal trials are governed by the Criminal Procedure Code of 1898.
The prosecution service throughout had remained under the home department, and had been regulated by the police from which the public prosecutors and deputy public were drawn from the ranks of deputy superintendents of police and inspectors. Under no condition was any officer below the rank of sub-inspector authorized to act as a
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Appointment of Prosecutors
All the appointments, except that of the prosecutor general, to various posts in the service are to be made through initial recruitment whereas, at least fifty percent appointments on the posts of additional prosecutor general and deputy prosecutor general are to be made through promotion. No direct recruitment is to be made on regular basis to the posts of district public prosecutor, deputy district public prosecutor, assistant district prosecutor, additional prosecutor general and deputy prosecutor general except on the recommendation of the provincial public service commission: Functions of the Prosecutors
1. The Prosecutors are responsible for the conduct of prosecution on behalf of the Government.
2. The prosecutor general or if so authorized by him, an additional prosecutor general distribute work to the prosecutors in the supreme court, the high court, the federal shariat court or a special court established under any law for the time being in force.
3. A district public prosecutor distributes work to the prosecutors with respect to the courts of session and courts of magistrates within a district.
4. A police report including a report of cancellation of the first information report or a request for discharge of a suspect or an accused is to be submitted to a Court through the Prosecutor.
5. The Prosecutor scrutinize the report or the request and may ; a. Return the same within three days to the
6. How do the various personnel roles in the component impact the criminal justices system as a whole?
During the Political Era the police departments were typically established and controlled by local government agencies. The Police being ran by the Local Government means that the State and Federal government did not interfere too much. Only well established families or local political groups would get the local elected positions. Police also did a lot
In a democratic country law enforcement officers are expected to undertake their duties with dignity and respect thus following both the rule of law and its procedure. Law enforcement officials whose duty is to enforce the law should abide by the law and should be accountable for both their decisions and consequences of it. But the main issue is – quis custodiet ipsos custodes – who controls the controllers? This critical issue is of importance because the history of policing is littered with scandals in which police officers broke the law and also in which the police organisation failed to detect the deviance (or colluded in it; or tried to deflect investigations by defensive opposition). I will be examining in this article police corruption and its prevention and I shall focus on three main aspects: definitions of corruption; the forms it takes in different societies; ways of preventing
* Motions to Dismiss - These are the defense's response or answers to the plaintiffs complaint. The responses are typically filed as motions and are intended to dismiss the claims expressed in the complaint.
With laws that prove actions such as murder are illegal; all those who work within the uniformed public service attempt to prevent murder occurring in society and create a safer environment, and aiming to detain those who do go against the law ensuring they serve a correct sentence
seeks to ensure that the defendant will appear at the appointed time to face charges.
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Robert Peel had listed 1 standards or principles for policing. Standard one states how policing must be organized along the military lines. ( Bohm & Haley, p.g. 141). I currently work for the Sherriff's department, and each shift is ran by a Cpl. and Sgt. The jail is ran by the Lt. and Cpt. The deputies and the corrections officer highest ranking bosses would be the Sherriff and the chief. Our jail has ranks and runs along in the military lines. Principle two lists how all law enforcements agencies must be under the governor control, rules and regulations. Back in the day the government had no control over the law enforcements officers, but today is a different story. Our law enforcements agencies is under the government s control. If our law
Numerous effective criminal arraignments in the United States end not with jury trials, however with supplication deals. Request deals are assertions in the middle of litigants and prosecutors where respondents consent to concede to some or the majority of the charges against them in return for concessions from the prosecutors. These assertions permit prosecutors to center their time and assets on different cases, and diminish the quantity of trials that judges need to regulate.
When the “Admission of Guilt Statement” document is executed and satisfied the requirements with complete, accurate, and truthful declaration regarding the unlawful charge. This testimony must acknowledge the misconducts for which they are indicted with. Furthermore, another document in the diversion program package, entitled “General Rules”, is to inform and accepted by all of its conditions. With the diversion program contract, a case would be brought to court as no participated in the diversion program and the State would have the right to use the written admission of guilt in its case. Along with the diversion packet, it also contained a waiver of-rights form, but that form contained no information regarding any possible effect that participation in the diversion program might have on immigration status. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office should make sure their processes are seal tight that no essential information is left out, that might impact past or future upraising
Numerous police agency’s and police officials work on a distinctive local, state, and federal level and role. It has its individual area, sectors, and function, and work according to local streets parts inside policing. In order for any local, state, and federal police division to work successfully it must hire chiefs, deputy’s, and sheriffs who retain leadership and who uses creative thinking skills to teach comprehensive, and aggressive instruction to make the police division a tougher department by holding all its workers tasks for doing his or her job according to its agency’s guidelines and procedures known as code of conduct. “Municipal police work for municipalities such as towns or cities, county police and deputy sheriffs work for counties, state police work for states, and federal police work for the federal government. Some have the same duties as one another or very similar duties, and some have different or additional duties. Their jurisdiction is sometimes the main difference. For example, a municipal police officer normally has primary
To utterly comprehend England’s judicial system corruption, it is also necessary to consider the impact of not having police coverage in all areas. The prosecution of criminals during the 1800's was very different than modern day, it was mainly up to the victims themselves to be self-advocates. However, the patchwork of police enforcement was strengthened soon after the High Court of Justice was put into place. England needed a police force badly at the time because there had been an increase in crime throughout the country. These police officers were far from perfect though, many were corrupt and the court system was ok with that.
Note: if the absence was terminated by apprehension, add the following element (d) That the absence was terminated by apprehension. (4) Abandoning watch or guard. (a) That the accused was a member of a guard, watch, or duty; (b) That the accused absented himself or her-self from his or her guard, watch, or duty section; (c) That absence of the accused was without authority; and Note: If the absence was with intent to abandon the accused's guard, watch, or duty section, add the following element (d) That the accused intended to abandon his or her guard, watch, or duty section. (5) Absence from unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid maneuvers or field exercises. (a) That the accused absented himself or herself from his or her unit, organization, or place of duty at which he or she was required to be; (b) That the absence of the accused was with-out authority; (c) That the absence was for a certain period of time; (d) That the accused knew that the absence would occur during a part of a period of maneuvers or field exercises; and (e) That the accused intended to avoid all or part of a period of maneuvers or field. (1) In general. This article is designed to cover every
This paper will describe police power and police authority. I will also talk about police discretion as for as whom gets locked up and who is allowed to go free. This paper will discuss the different use of police force. In this paper I will also talk about police attitude, police misconduct, and physical abuse among police officers.
This report shall examine the role of the police in the criminal justice system. For background it will detail a brief history of the development of the police then look at the later development of police powers of arrest, detention and of stop and search. Further to this it will examine the role of the police in miscarriages of justice and the effects of these miscarriages on the development of safeguards for people detained by the police. Also the measures taken to prevent further miscarriages of justice such as the development of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to decide if the evidence is there and a prosecution is likely to be successful.