Who provides evidence in criminal proceedings?

Legal analysis: 1, all public prosecution cases are undertaken by the procuratorate. 2. The court has the right to investigate and collect evidence. When obtaining evidence, the court may notify the defense lawyer or prosecutor to be present. The defendant has no obligation to prove his guilt. No one can be forced to prove his guilt. The defendant pleaded guilty voluntarily. If there is no other evidence, the court will not accept it. 4. Defenders and defendants have the right to provide evidence to prove the defendant's innocence or light crime. 5. Lawyers can collect evidence from units and individuals who voluntarily provide evidence for lawyers, or they can provide evidence clues and apply to prosecutors and judges for evidence collection. 6. In a case of private prosecution, the position of the private prosecutor is equivalent to that of the plaintiff, and it bears the burden of proof that the defendant is guilty. If it is impossible to provide evidence or the evidence is not accepted, the lawsuit shall be withdrawn.

Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 41 Defenders who believe that the evidence materials collected by public security organs and people's procuratorates to prove the innocence or minor crimes of criminal suspects and defendants have not been submitted have the right to apply to the people's procuratorates and people's courts for retrieval.

Article 43 With the consent of witnesses or other relevant units and individuals, defense lawyers may collect materials related to this case from them, or apply to the people's procuratorate or the people's court to collect and obtain evidence, or apply to the people's court to notify witnesses to testify in court. With the permission of the people's procuratorate or the people's court, and with the consent of the victim or his close relatives or witnesses provided by the victim, the defense lawyer may collect materials related to the case from them.

Article 51 The burden of proof that the defendant is guilty in a public prosecution case shall be borne by the people's procuratorate, and the burden of proof that the defendant is guilty in a private prosecution case shall be borne by the private prosecutor.

Article 52 Judges, prosecutors and investigators must, in accordance with legal procedures, collect all kinds of evidence that can prove the guilt or innocence of criminal suspects and defendants and the seriousness of crimes. It is strictly forbidden to extort confessions by torture and collect evidence by threats, enticements, deception or other illegal methods, and no one may be forced to prove his guilt. It is necessary to ensure that all citizens who are related to or know the case have the conditions to provide evidence objectively and fully, and they can be hired to assist in the investigation except in special circumstances.