Prosecution, a proceeding either by way of indict-ment or information, in the criminal courts, in order to put an offender upon his trial. In all criminal prosecutions the King is nominally the prosecutor. See titles PUBLIC PROSECUTOR and ADVOCATE, LORD.
The word 'prosecution' as used in Article 20 contemplated a proceeding of a criminal nature either before a court or a judicial tribunal, Thomas Dana v. State of Punjab, AIR 1959 SC 375: (1959) Supp 1 SCR 274.
Means a criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by due course of law, before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining the guilt or innocence of a person charged with crime', Jasbir Singh v. Vipin Kumar Jaggi, AIR 2001 SC 2734.
Means criminal proceedings in general. It includes all criminal proceedings to which any oral obloque is attached, ST Sahib v. Hasan Ghani Sahib, AIR 1957 Mad 646.
Means a person appointed by the government to conduct all prosecutions on behalf of the State, Mansoor v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 1971 (2) SCC 369: AIR 1971 SC 1977.