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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section 217

Recall of witnesses when charge altered

Quick Answer Reference: Section 217 CrPC

  • Provision: Section 217 of CrPC
  • Act: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
  • Classification: criminal procedure
  • Jurisdiction: India
Statutory Content

What does Section 217 of CrPC say?

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— 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; also to call any further witness whom the Court may think to be material.

Indian StandardSection 217, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Bluebook (21st ed.)Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, § 217 (India)
Court Pleading StandardSection 217 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Canonical Web linkhttps://nyaya.cloud/acts/code-of-criminal-procedure-1973/217
Source: Gazette of India (Official Publication)Verify egazette.gov.in ↗
Landmark Case Laws

Landmark Judgments under Section 217 CrPC

1978 1 SCC 248

Supreme Court of India

Patnahcucisdb94 High Court (10 8)

2014 8 SCC 273

Supreme Court of India