JHARKHAND ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

             

ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AND ELIGIBILITY:-

The minimum educational qualification of the candidate for appointment shall be the degree of Bachelor of Law, which is mandatory for registration to practice as an advocate in the court.

Additional Qualification - Certificate of computer operation from an institute recognized by the State Government.

 

 AGE LIMIT

a. Minimum age limit - 21 years.

b. Maximum Age Limit - the maximum age limit for appointment of Assistant Public Prosecutor is as follows:-

 

Serial No.	Category No.	Maximum Age Limit	Maximum Age Limit of Disabled Candidates	Working in State Government (Permanent / Temporary) Others Government employees who have completed three (03) years of continuous service will be given relaxation of 05 years in the maximum age limit. 5 years relaxation will be given.	Ex-servicemen will be given 5 years relaxation in the maximum age limit prescribed for their reservation category.
1	Unreserved	35 years	45 years
2	Economically Weaker Section of Citizens	35 years	45 years
3	Backward Class-1 / Extremely Backward Class-II	37 years	47 years
4	Women (Unreserved / Backward Class-I / Extremely Backward Class-II)	38 years	48 years
5	Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe (Male and Female)	40 years	50 years

 

SELECTION PROCESS FOR APPOINTMENT: -

A.      PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

The appointment of Assistant Public Prosecutors will be through competitive examination and this examination will be two-tier-(a) Preliminary Examination, (b) Main Examination (Written Examination and Interview)

The preliminary examination will have two papers.

The first paper will be of 100 marks which will contain questions related to general studies.

The second paper will be of 200 marks on law.

 

Serial No.	Paper	Subject	Total Marks	Time	Level
01	First Paper	General Studies	100	2 hours	General
02	Second Paper	Law Subject	200	2 hours	Law Graduate

 

In the first paper of preliminary examination,

General Studies,

general questions related to national and international events,

Indian history,

geography,

Indian economy,

political system and

general science will be asked.

Along with this, questions related to modern historical facts, geography, economy and culture of Jharkhand state will also be asked.

 

In the second paper, questions related to

Evidence and

Criminal procedure law,

Indian Penal Code,

Indian Constitution.

 

B.      MAIN EXAMINATION

         I. In the main examination, there will be an examination of 100 marks in any one of the following 09 regional languages ​​prescribed by the Government of Jharkhand-

a. Santali language and literature

b. Mundari language and literature

c.  Kharia language and literature

d. Ho language and literature

e. Kudukh language and literature

f.  Nagpuri language and literature

g. Kurmali language and literature

h. Khortha language and literature

i. Panchpargania language and literature.

 

The marks of this paper will not be included in the main examination but for this it will be mandatory to obtain the following minimum qualifying marks: -

 

General category                                                           40 percent

Backward class                                                               36.5 percent

Backward class Annexure-1                                         34 percent

Scheduled caste / tribe and women category          32 percent

Primitive tribe                                                                 30 percent

Economically weaker section (EWS)                          40 percent

 

II.  Under the main examination there will be written examination and personality test (interview). In the written examination there will be subjects related to

General Hindi, English, Essay, General Studies and Law.

The format, marks and level of these subjects will be as follows-

 

Serial No.	Paper	Subject	Total Marks	Time	Level
1	First Paper	General Hindi	100	3 Hours	Preliminary
2	Second Paper	English	100	3 Hours	Preliminary
3	Third Paper	Essay	100	3 Hours	Preliminary

                                                               

LAW SUBJECT

Serial No.	Paper	Subject	Total Marks	Time	Level
5	Fifth Paper	Evidence and Criminal Procedure law	200	3 Hours	Bachelor of law
6	Sixth Paper	Indian Penal Code	200	3 Hours	Bachelor of law
7	Seventh Paper	Indian Constitutional Law	200	3 Hours	Bachelor of law
8	Eighth Paper	Criminal Minor Act	200	3 Hours	Bachelor of law
9	Interview		50 Marks		General

 

Minimum qualifying marks:-

a. It will be mandatory to obtain the following minimum qualifying marks for Preliminary Examination, Essay, General Studies and Law subjects in Main Examination and Interview: -

General Category                                                                    40%

Backward Classes                                                                    36.5%

Backward Classes Annexure-1                                               34%

Scheduled Castes/Tribes and Women Category                32%

Primitive Tribes                                                                        30%

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)                                  40%

 

b.  Subject details related to written examination: -

1.  Marks obtained in General Hindi and English subjects will not be added in preparing the merit list. But those candidates who do not obtain 30% marks in General Hindi and English papers will not be considered to have passed the written examination.

2. The ability to express one's thoughts clearly and correctly and the power of intuition will be tested in the first paper of the main examination, General Hindi and the second paper, English.

In this, essay of 20 marks,

letter writing (Government and Semi-Government) of 20 marks,

grammar of 25 marks,

sentence structure of 15 marks and

succinctness related questions of 20 marks will be asked.

 

3. The third paper of main examination, essay, will have total '2' (two) sections, in which one section will be based on law subject and the other section on general essay.

Essay will have to be written on any one of the optional subjects of each section. Each essay will be of 50-50 marks.

 

4. In the fourth paper of the main examination, General Studies, questions of

10 marks will be asked from national and international events,

10 marks from modern history of India,

10 marks from geography,

10 marks from Indian economy,

10 marks from general science,

10 marks from Indian political system and

25 marks questions related to legal terminology (with explanation).

Along with this, questions of 15 marks will also be asked from modern history, geography, economics and culture of Jharkhand.

 

5. Law Subject:

 I. In the fifth paper, questions of

125 marks will be asked from Criminal Procedure Code and

75 marks from Indian Evidence Act.

 

II. In the sixth paper, questions of

200 marks (including problems) will be asked from Indian Penal Code.

 

III. In the seventh paper, questions of

200 marks will be asked from Indian Constitutional Law.

IV. In the eighth paper (from Criminal Minors Act), questions of

80 marks will be asked from section 'A',

60 marks from section 'B' and

60 marks from section 'C'.

 

In Criminal Minors Act, questions related to the following subjects will be asked-

80 Marks Group A	60 Marks Group B	60 Marks Group C
(1) Forest Act 1927	(1) Electricity Act 2003	(1) Essential Commodities Act 1955
(2) Arms Act 1959 Explosive Substance act 1908	(2) Information Technology Act 2000	(2) Dowry Prohibition Act 1961
(3) Criminal Law Amendment Act 1908 and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. 1967	(3) Prevention of corruption Act 1988 and Bihar/ Jharkhand Prevention of specified corruption Act 1983	(3) Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989
(4) Motor Vehicle Act 1988	(4) Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954	(4) Juvenile Justice Act 2000 (Care and protection of Children) Act 2000
(5) Prevention of witch (Dain) Practices Act-1999