CrPC 224 — Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

When a charge
containing more heads than one is framed against the same person, and when a conviction has been had
on one or more of them, the complainant, or the officer conducting the prosecution, may, with the consent
of  the  Court,  withdraw  the  remaining  charge  or  charges,  or  the  Court  of  its  own  accord  may  stay  the
inquiry into, or trial of, such charge or charges and such withdrawal shall have the effect of an acquittal
on such charge or charges, unless the conviction be set aside, in which case the said Court (subject to the
order of the Court setting aside the conviction) may proceed with the inquiry into, or trial of, the charge or charges so withdrawn.

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