CrPC § 217 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 217 CrPC — Recall of witnesses when charge altered
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 240 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 240 — Recall of witnesses when charge altered
Whenever a charge is altered or added to by the Court after the commencement of the trial, the prosecutor and the accused shall be allowed—
(a) to recall or re-summon, and examine with reference to such alteration or addition, any witness who may have been examined, unless the Court, for reasons to be recorded in writing, considers that the prosecutor or the accused, as the case may be, desires to recall or re-examine such witness for the purpose of vexation or delay or for defeating the ends of justice;
(b) also to call any further witness whom the Court may think to be material.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 240 in full