Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 68 · Decided 21 January 2020
DR Nallapareddy Sridhar Reddy v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 68 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 1116
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1934/2019
- Decided
- 21 January 2020
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 420, 3, 4; CrPC Section 216, 217
Headnote
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 stage before the judgment is pronounced - The test to be adopted by the Court is that the material brought on record needs to have direct nexus with the ingredients of the alleged offence - The Court must exercise such power judiciously and ensure that no prejudice is caused to the
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