Section 141, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

Where before a trial upon indictment or at any stage ofthe trial the Court 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 indictment or that for any other reason it is desirable to direct that the defendant should be tried separately for any one or more of th offences charged in the indictment, the Court may order a separate trial of any count or counts of the indictment; or (b) 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 indictment or that 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 in the indictment, the Court may order a separate trial of the defendants.