law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  24.Public Prosecutors.-
  (1)For every High Court, the Central
  
  Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High
  
  Court, appoint a Public Prosecutor for conducting, in such Court, any
  
  prosecution, appeal or other proceeding on behalf of the Central or State
  
  Government, as the case may be.
  (2) For every district the State Government shall appoint a Public Prosecutor
  
  and may also appoint one or more Additional Public Prosecutors for the
  
  district.
  (3) The District Magistrate shall, in consultation with the Sessions Judge,
  
  prepare a panel of names of persons who are, in his opinion, fit to be
  
  appointed as the Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutor for the
  
  district.
  (4) No person shall be appointed by the State Government as the Public
  
  Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutor for the district unless his name
  
  appears on the panel of names prepared by the District Magistrate under
  
  sub-section (3).
  (5) A person shall only be eligible to be appointed as a Public Prosecutor or
  
  an Additional Public Prosecutor under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), if he
  
  has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years.
  (6) The Central Government or the State Government may appoint, for the
  
  purposes of any case or class of cases, an advocate who has been in practice
  
  for not less than ten years, as a Special Public Prosecutor.