BNSS240
BNSS Section 240: Recall of witnesses when charge altered
Ch XVIII · The Charge
Gazette p.92
Verbatim · BNSS240. 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. B.—Joinder of charges
Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 217 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table
Cite as: Section 240, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)