Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · s 115

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s 115When person charged with one offence may be convicted of another offence

If in the case mentioned in section 114 the accused is charged with one offence and it appears in evidence that he committed a different offence for which he might have been charged under the provision of that other offence, he may be convicted of the offence which he is proved to have committed although he was not charged with it.

A is charged with instigating a Muslim woman to neglect her duties towards her husband.

It is proven that A had caused the wife of a Muslim to leave the matrimonial home determined by her husband. A may be convicted with the offence of causing Muslim married woman to leave the matrimonial home although he was not charged with the offence.