Can the indictment be written to family members?

A criminal indictment cannot be provided to a family member unless the defender is a family member. According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, the People's Court shall serve a copy of the People's Procuratorate's indictment to the defendant and his defender ten days before the trial.

Legal Basis

Article 187 of the Criminal Procedure Law

After the people's court decides to hold a trial, it shall determine the members of the collegial panel and assign the people's A copy of the procuratorate's indictment shall be sent to the defendant and his defender ten days before the trial.

Before the trial, judges may summon prosecutors, parties, their defenders, and agents ad litem to understand the situation and listen to opinions on issues related to the trial such as recusal, list of witnesses appearing in court, exclusion of illegal evidence, etc.

After the People's Court determines the date of the hearing, it shall notify the People's Procuratorate of the time and place of the hearing three days before the hearing, summon the parties, notify the defender, agent ad litem, witnesses, appraisers, and translators, and serve the summons. , notice. For cases that are to be heard in public, the cause of the case, the name of the defendant, and the time and place of the hearing shall be announced in advance three days before the hearing.

The above-mentioned activities shall be written into the transcript and signed by the trial personnel and the clerk.