https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196149 Section 311 CrPC gives the court a wide power to summon and examine a witness at any stage if the evidence is essential to the case, but that power cannot be used to cure omissions in the prosecution case after closure of evidence. Where the prosecution sought to examine an additional witness and mark a document not earlier referred to in the complaint or evidence, the request was treated as an attempt to fill up a lacuna and as prejudicial to the accused. On those facts, the application was held not maintainable and the order allowing it was set aside. en-us Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:30:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196149 Section 311 CrPC gives the court a wide power to summon and examine a witness at any stage if the evidence is essential to the case, but that power cannot be used to cure omissions in the prosecution case after closure of evidence. Where the prosecution sought to examine an additional witness and mark a document not earlier referred to in the complaint or evidence, the request was treated as an attempt to fill up a lacuna and as prejudicial to the accused. On those facts, the application was held not maintainable and the order allowing it was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196149