THE LAW OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN BRITISH INDIA 423
1. Same transaction
In deciding whether acts constituting an offence are so connected as to form one and the same transaction, the determining factor is not so much proximity in time as continuity and community of purpose and object.
A mere interval of time between the commission of one offence and another does not by itself import want of continuity, though length of interval may be an important element in determining the question of connection between the two.
2. There is no limit to the number of offences that can be tried together.
III. Of how many offenders can the Court try at one trial
Joinder of Accused
Section 239
The following persons may be charged and tried together :
(a) persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction;
(b) persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment, or of an attempt to commit such offence;
(c) persons accused of more than one offence of the same kind within the meaning of Section 234 committed by them jointly within the period of twelve months;
(d) persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction;
(e) persons accused of an offence which includes theft, extortion, or criminal misappropriation,
and
(f) persons accused of receiving or retaining, or assisting in the disposal or concealment of property, the possession of which is alleged to have been transferred by any such offence committed by the first-named persons,
or
persons accused of abetment of or attempting to commit any such last-named offence.