https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175979 Section 216 CrPC permits a court to alter or add to a charge before judgment, but it does not permit deletion of an existing charge and substitution with a different one. A request cast as an alteration cannot be used to strike out a charge already framed, including a charge under Section 307/34 IPC, and replace it with Section 324/34 IPC. Section 224 CrPC was inapplicable because it concerns withdrawal of remaining charges after conviction, not deletion at the pre-judgment stage. The application seeking deletion and substitution of the charge was therefore not maintainable and was rejected. en-us Wed, 07 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:39:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175979 Section 216 CrPC permits a court to alter or add to a charge before judgment, but it does not permit deletion of an existing charge and substitution with a different one. A request cast as an alteration cannot be used to strike out a charge already framed, including a charge under Section 307/34 IPC, and replace it with Section 324/34 IPC. Section 224 CrPC was inapplicable because it concerns withdrawal of remaining charges after conviction, not deletion at the pre-judgment stage. The application seeking deletion and substitution of the charge was therefore not maintainable and was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175979