https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198024 A complaint under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may be amended before cognizance is taken where the amendment is sought at the pre-cognizance stage and does not prejudice the accused. The absence of an express procedural provision was not treated as decisive because the amendment was intended to avoid multiplicity of proceedings. The accused remained free to raise all defences at the final hearing, and no ground was found to quash the proceedings. en-us Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 18:29:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198024 A complaint under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may be amended before cognizance is taken where the amendment is sought at the pre-cognizance stage and does not prejudice the accused. The absence of an express procedural provision was not treated as decisive because the amendment was intended to avoid multiplicity of proceedings. The accused remained free to raise all defences at the final hearing, and no ground was found to quash the proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198024