Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 240 was CrPC 217.
Recall of witnesses when charge altered.
Carried over
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XVII
s. 217
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
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XVIII
s. 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.
Text from India Code