Do lawyers need to order papers to withdraw cases?

According to the provisions of China's Criminal Procedure Law, if the public prosecution organ decides to prosecute a criminal suspect, it shall transfer the case file to the people's court and notify the case agent to consult it. If the case of public prosecution is withdrawn, the file belongs to the short-term custody file, which will be kept for 30 years.

"The people's court litigation file storage period table" provisions:

I. Criminal proceedings files

(3) Short-term custody under any of the following circumstances:

1. General cases of smuggling, bribery, theft, robbery, robbery, fraud, gambling, fighting, injury, occupation, illegal logging, obstruction of economic management order and disturbance of social order;

2 cases of abuse, abandonment and interference in marriage and family;

3. Cases that undermine the marriage of military personnel;

4 cases of general liability accidents, technical accidents, traffic accidents and negligent injuries;

5 cases of forging documents, certificates or private seals;

6. Ordinary criminal cases sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or sentenced to exemption or probation;

7 cases exempted from criminal punishment, involving civil litigation, and it takes more than fifteen years to execute the case;

8. Cases in which the trial was terminated due to the death of pending criminals;

9 cases entrusted by other units and sent back for re-investigation, transfer, cancellation and termination;

10. Other cases requiring short-term custody.