Does the plaintiff in a criminal prosecution need to appear in court?

Legal analysis: the public prosecution organ, namely the procuratorate, is the plaintiff and prosecutes the criminal suspect on behalf of the state. The victim may appear in court or entrust a lawyer to appear in court to participate in criminal incidental civil proceedings. China's criminal procedure law stipulates the specific procedures of public prosecution cases, and the victim can entrust an agent ad litem to appear in court without appearing in court. The plaintiff in a criminal case is the procuratorate. Only the procuratorate has the right to decide whether to prosecute, those who have prosecuted have the right to decide whether to withdraw the lawsuit, and those who are dissatisfied with the court's decision have the right to decide whether to appeal.

Legal basis: Article 189th of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). When the people's court hears a case of public prosecution, the people's procuratorate shall send personnel to appear in court to support the public prosecution.

Article 46 The victims of public prosecution cases, their legal representatives or close relatives, and the parties involved in incidental civil actions and their legal representatives shall have the right to entrust agents ad litem from the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution. The private prosecutor and his legal representative in a case of private prosecution, and the parties to an incidental civil action and their legal representatives have the right to entrust an agent ad litem at any time. The people's procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receipt of the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the victims and their legal representatives or their close relatives, the parties involved in incidental civil litigation and their legal representatives that they have the right to entrust agents ad litem. The people's court shall, within three days from the date of accepting a case of private prosecution, inform the private prosecutor and his legal representative, the parties to an incidental civil action and his legal representative that they have the right to entrust an agent ad litem.