In Nageshwar Dubey  vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. (2025), a writ petition was filed on August 6, 2025 in the matter of appointment of public prosecutor, Bhojpur. It was registered on August, 18, 2025. It came up for hearing before Justice A. Abhishek Reddy of Patna High Court on December 22, 2025. 

Notably, Sections 18(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the law laid down by the Supreme Court contains the stipulations and methodology to ensure that the opinion of the District Judge is given primacy. "Any guideline issued by the State Government that contravenes this requirement or dilutes the primacy of the District Judge's opinion will be contrary to the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid decisions.”