https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169818 Sections 218 and 220 of the Code of Criminal Procedure permit joint trial only within their stated limits: Section 218 applies where separate offences are before the same Magistrate, and Section 220 applies only when offences arise from the same transaction. Distinct complaints involving different persons allegedly defrauded on separate occasions do not satisfy that test. The inherent power under Section 482 cannot be used to create a transfer mechanism where the Code provides none, and an earlier order that expressly disclaims precedential status cannot be treated as binding law. On that reasoning, transfer and consolidation before one Magistrate were held unsustainable. en-us Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 May 2015 12:17:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169818 Sections 218 and 220 of the Code of Criminal Procedure permit joint trial only within their stated limits: Section 218 applies where separate offences are before the same Magistrate, and Section 220 applies only when offences arise from the same transaction. Distinct complaints involving different persons allegedly defrauded on separate occasions do not satisfy that test. The inherent power under Section 482 cannot be used to create a transfer mechanism where the Code provides none, and an earlier order that expressly disclaims precedential status cannot be treated as binding law. On that reasoning, transfer and consolidation before one Magistrate were held unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169818