# Jammu NDPS court warns of contempt over missing public prosecutor 2026-08-07T21:22:55+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A Special NDPS Court at Jammu has warned senior prosecution officers that failing to provide a public prosecutor on the next hearing date will invite contempt proceedings. The court acted after no prosecutor appeared despite the accused, defence counsel, and a prosecution witness from Srinagar being present. The Special Public Prosecutor had taken four days' leave with no substitute arranged. The Department of Prosecution cited a Home Department communication it claimed curtailed its power to make temporary arrangements. The court rejected this reading, calling it an out-of-context interpretation, and noted that 12 prosecution witnesses remained unexamined as a result. ## Coverage - livelaw.in Tags: contempt warning, Jammu court, NDPS Act, prosecution department, public prosecutor Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/jammu-ndps-court-warns-of-contempt-over-missing-public-prosecutor/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/jammu-ndps-court-warns-of-contempt-over-missing-public-prosecutor/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.