A is charged with the murder of Khoda Baksh on the 21st January, 2023. In fact, the murdered person's…

Under section 238 of the BNSS an error in the particulars of a charge is immaterial unless it misleads the accused and causes a failure of justice. Illustration (d) to section 238 holds that, as A faced only one murder charge and had heard the inquiry about Haidar Baksh, the Court may infer "That A was not misled, and that the error in the charge was immaterial". Wrong names and dates do not by themselves make a charge void or entitle A to an acquittal, and A did not have to point out the error himself.