Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
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.