Section 108, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) A Magistrate Court may, where at any stage of a trialit is of the opinion that - (a) the defendant may be prejudiced or embarrassed in his defence by reason of being charged with more than one offence in the same information; or (b) for any other reason it is desirable to direct that the defendant should be tried separately for any one or more offences charged in one information; order a separate trial of an offence or offences charged in the information. (2) A Magistrate Court may, where at any stage of a trial, it is of the opinion that - (a) one or more of the defendants may be prejudiced or embarrassed in his defence by reason of being charged together with another person or other persons in one count or in the same information; or (b) for any other reason it is desirable to direct that one or more defendants should be tried separately for any one or more of the offences charged on the information; order a separate trial of that defendant or those defendants.