Under Section 20 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the powers and functions of the…

Section 20 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (which replaced and expanded Section 25A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) stratifies case-monitoring duties across the three tiers of the Directorate of Prosecution: under Section 20(7), the Director of Prosecution gives opinions on filing appeals and monitors cases in which offences are punishable with imprisonment for ten years or more, or with life imprisonment, or with death; under Section 20(8), the Deputy Director of Prosecution examines and scrutinises police reports and monitors cases in which offences are punishable with imprisonment for seven years or more, but less than ten years, for ensuring their expeditious disposal; and under Section 20(9), the Assistant Director of Prosecution monitors cases in which offences are punishable with imprisonment for less than seven years.