Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 240
Recall of witnesses when charge altered
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BNSS Section 240 deals with recall of witnesses when charge altered and replaces CrPC 217.
Bare act text — BNSS 240
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.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 240 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 240 (Recall of witnesses when charge altered) replaces Section 217 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 217 is now BNSS 240.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 235 — Particulars as to time, place and person
- BNSS 236 — When manner of committing offence must be stated
- BNSS 237 — Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
- BNSS 238 — Effect of errors
- BNSS 239 — Court may alter charge
- BNSS 241 — Separate charges for distinct offences
- BNSS 242 — Offences of same kind within year may be charged together
- BNSS 243 — Trial for more than one offence
- BNSS 244 — Where it is doubtful what offence has been committed
- BNSS 245 — When offence proved included in offence charged