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.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
212 CrPC Particulars as to time, place and person
213 CrPC When manner of committing offence must be stated
214 CrPC Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
216 CrPC Court may alter charge
217 CrPC Recall of witnesses when charge altered
218 CrPC Separate charges for distinct offences
219 CrPC Three offences of same kind within year may be charged together