Public Prosecutor appointments set selection, panel and cadre-based eligibility rules for prosecution representation. Public Prosecutor appointments are allocated to the Central or State Government for High Courts and districts, with the District Magistrate and Sessions Judge preparing a mandatory panel for district appointments; where a regular Cadre of Prosecuting Officers exists, appointments shall be made from that Cadre subject to a limited exception. Eligibility requires specified advocate practice periods for Public Prosecutors and longer practice for Special Public Prosecutors, with prior service as a prosecuting officer treated as equivalent to practice; victims may be permitted to engage counsel to assist in prosecutions under Special Public Prosecutor appointments.