A complainant changing their statement in court is a significant development in your favour, and in the right circumstances it can be the turning point that leads to acquittal — but I want to give you an accurate picture rather than premature certainty. Whether it results in dismissal depends on what kind of case you are in, how central the complainant is to the prosecution's evidence, and what other material the prosecution has.

When a prosecution witness resiles in court from what they told the Vadodara Police under Section 180 BNSS, they are described as having turned "hostile." The prosecution may apply for permission to cross-examine its own witness — a facility available under the BSA — but the court does not automatically discard everything the witness has said. The court assesses the whole of the testimony, the earlier police statement, and the explanation for the change, and decides what parts, if any, can safely be acted upon. A changed statement weakens the prosecution materially but does not by itself collapse the case.

The cases where the changed statement is most decisive are those in Vadodara's courts where the complainant is the sole or central witness with no independent corroboration — a common situation in neighbourhood disputes in areas like Fatehgunj, Manjalpur, and Gorwa, and in matrimonial disputes across the city. Where that sole witness resiles and the prosecution has no forensic evidence, no CCTV, and no independent testimony to fall back on, the benefit of the doubt belongs to you and acquittal follows. Your counsel's task is to exploit the contradiction systematically — pinning it down precisely in cross-examination, highlighting the complete absence of corroboration, and making the closing argument that the prosecution has simply failed to discharge its burden of proof. The experienced criminal trial advocates and retired judges at the Vadodara panel of Aapka Legal Advice can assess whether the changed statement in your case is strong enough to carry the day, and plan the cross-examination to make the most of it.