Supreme Court of India

Dr Nallapareddy Sridhar Reddy v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 1116
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 21 January 2020

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 216 – Framing of Additional charges – Scope of the power – Held: s. 216 provides to the Court exclusive and wide ranging power to change or alter any charge – Court can exercise the power to add charges at any stage before the judgment is pr onounced – The test to be adopted by the Court is that the material brou ght on record needs to have direct nexus with the ingredients of the alleged offence – The Court must exercise such power judiciously and en sure that no prejudice is caused to the accused – In the facts of the present case, High Court rightly

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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