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remaining charges on conviction on one of
severalcharges.
224.Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of
several charges. 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so withdrawn.
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