Place of trial for offences triable together
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Summary
If several offences can properly be charged and tried together (whether by one person or several persons), any court that is competent to try any one of those offences may inquire into or try all of them. This lets a single competent court hear related charges together instead of separate trials. It only applies where law allows joinder of the offences.
Example
Priya is accused of theft and criminal trespass arising from the same incident. Since those offences can be tried together, any court that can try either offence—for example the magistrate handling the trespass—may try both charges in one trial.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhere-
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(a) the offences committed by any person are such that he may be charged with, and tried at one trial for, each such offence by virtue of the provisions of section 242, section 243 or section 244; or
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(b) the offence or offences committed by several persons are such that they may be charged with and tried together by virtue of the provisions of section 246, the offences may be inquired into or tried by any Court competent to inquire into or try any of the offences.
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