§ 134 — Trial for more than one offence

134. If, in one series of acts connected so as to form the same transaction, 2 or more offences are committed by the same person, then the person may be charged with and tried at one trial for every such offence.Illustrations

The separate charges referred to in illustrations (a) to (g) below respectively may be tried at one trial.

(a)

A rescues B, a person in lawful custody, and in doing so causes grievous hurt to C, a constable in whose custody B was. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 225 and 333 of the Penal Code 1871.

(b)

A has in A’s possession several seals that A knows to be counterfeit and intends to use them to commit forgeries punishable under section 466 of the Penal Code 1871. A may be separately charged with the possession of each seal under section 473 of the Penal Code 1871.

(c)

Intending to cause injury to B, A begins a criminal proceeding against B knowing that there is no just or lawful basis for the proceeding; and also falsely accuses B of having committed an offence knowing there is no just or lawful basis for the charge. A may be separately charged with 2 offences under section 211 of the Penal Code 1871.

(d)

Intending to cause injury to B, A falsely accuses B of having committed an offence knowing that there is no just or lawful basis for the charge. At the trial, A gives false evidence against B, intending thereby to cause B to be convicted of a capital offence. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 211 and 194 of the Penal Code 1871.

(e)

A, with 6 others, commits the offences of rioting, causing grievous hurt and assaulting a public servant B trying to suppress the riot in the discharge of B’s duty. A may be separately charged with offences under sections 145, 325 and 152 of the Penal Code 1871.

(f)

A threatens B, C and D at the same time with injury to their persons with intent to cause alarm to them. A may be separately charged with each of the 3 offences under section 506 of the Penal Code 1871.

(g)

A locks B and C in a room and then sets fire to that room, intending thereby to cause their deaths. A may be separately charged with each of the 2 offences under section 302 of the Penal Code 1871.