Section 224
Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges.
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.
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with the inquiry into, or trial of, the charge or charges so withdrawn.