SLP(Crl) No. 002910 / 2016

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Under Section 216 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a court possesses plenary power to alter or add charges at any stage of proceedings; however, such amendment is impermissible where no new material has emerged on record beyond what was already available at the time of framing the original charge. This principle, as analysed on casestatus.in, ensures that the power to amend charges cannot be invoked merely to re-examine evidence already considered during initial charge framing.