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16. If the conditions under Section 311 Cr.P.C.are satisfied the court can on its own motion re-open evidence and summon any witness already examined even when the case stands for Judgment. But recalling and re- examination of a witness can not be to fill up the lacuna or to cover up the defect or to rectify the mistake crept in the evidence. It can never be to modify or rectify the mistake which occurred in the prosecution case. In other words law does not give an unbridled power to the court to re-open the case invoking Section 311 Cr.P.C. The court is supposed to evaluate the situation deeply before re-calling a witness. Whether it would cause prejudice or injustice to the accused, Whether it is to fill up the gap of the prosecution case, Whether it is to cover up the lacuna of the prosecution case etc have to be evaluated meticulously before recalling  a witness by the court. The words 'the court shall summon and examine or re-call and re-examine any person if his evidence appears to it to be essential to the just decision of the case' had been thoughtfully employed in the said provision in its widest amplitude. While exercising the power under S.311 Cr.P.C especially at a belated stage, a great responsibility is cast upon the court to make sure that the evidence is re-opened not to rectify the mistake crept in or to supply the omissions in the case and if such an evaluation is not done, definitely that will cause prejudice to the accused.