Magistrate Cannot Add or Subtract Sections at Cognizance Stage; Proper Stage is Framing of Charge: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed an application seeking to quash a summoning order in a molestation case, ruling that a Magistrate cannot alter the sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) mentioned in a charge-sheet at the stage of taking cognizance. The Court clarified that the addition or subtraction of sections is permissible only

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