242. (1) When a person is accused of more offences than one of the same kind committed within the space of twelve months from the first to the last of such offences, whether in respect of the same person or not, he may be charged with, and tried at one trial for, any number of them not exceeding five.
(2) Offences are of the same kind when they are punishable with the same amount of punishment under the same section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 or of any special Provided that for the purposes of this section, an offence punishable under sub-section (2) of section 303 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 shall be deemed to be an offence of the same kind as an offence punishable under section 305 of the said Sanhita, and that an offence punishable under any section of the said Sanhita, or of any special or local law, shall be deemed to be an offence of the same kind as an attempt to commit such offence, when such an attempt is an offence.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 241 Separate charges for distinct offences
Section 242 Offences of same kind within year may be charged together
Section 243 Trial for more than one offence
Section 244 Where it is doubtful what offence has been committed
Section 244 When offence proved included in offence charged
Section 246 What persons may be charged jointly
Section 247 Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges
Section 248 Trial to be conducted by Public Prosecutor