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Criminal Procedure Code · s 170

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s 170Person charged with offence can be convicted of another

Where a person is charged with an offence and facts are proved which constitute another offence, he may be convicted of that other offence although he was not charged with it:

Provided that he may not be so convicted of any offence with a greater maximum sentence than that prescribed for the offence with which he was charged.