Which of the following rights are available to the prosecutor and the accused upon alteration or add...........

Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) 1973 Charge

Which of the following rights are available to the prosecutor and the accused upon alteration or addition of charge by the Court?

To recall or re-summon and examine a witness with respect to such alteration

To call any further witness whom the Court may think to be material

Neither (a) not (b)

Both (a) and (b)

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Explanation:

Section 217 of Code of Criminal Procedure –
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.