https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293822 Section 216 CrPC empowers a court to alter or add a charge at any time before judgment where material on record discloses a prima facie nexus with the ingredients of the proposed offence. The court need not assess the probative value of the evidence at that stage; the controlling safeguard is the avoidance of prejudice to the accused, with witness recall addressed under Section 217 where necessary. On the facts discussed, the additional charge-sheet, witness statements and surrounding material were said to disclose a prima facie basis for entrustment and cheating, and the High Court's direction to frame additional charges under Sections 406 and 420 IPC was treated as justified. en-us Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:23:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293822 Section 216 CrPC empowers a court to alter or add a charge at any time before judgment where material on record discloses a prima facie nexus with the ingredients of the proposed offence. The court need not assess the probative value of the evidence at that stage; the controlling safeguard is the avoidance of prejudice to the accused, with witness recall addressed under Section 217 where necessary. On the facts discussed, the additional charge-sheet, witness statements and surrounding material were said to disclose a prima facie basis for entrustment and cheating, and the High Court's direction to frame additional charges under Sections 406 and 420 IPC was treated as justified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293822