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Conditions to be met before an accused person can be convicted for a lesser offence
Power of the court to convict an accused person for a lesser offence
Principles guiding the conviction of an accused person for a lesser offence
What a lesser offence connotes
Whether a person charged with an aggravated offence is presumed to have notice of the lesser offence for which he could be convicted
Whether a person charged with murder can be convicted for the offence of unlawful wounding
Whether a person charged with rape can be convicted for indecent assault
Whether a person charged with the offence of robbery can be convicted for the lesser offence of stealing
Whether an accused person can be convicted for a lesser offence though not charged with the offence
Whether an accused person charged with false pretences can be convicted for stealing
Whether an appellate court can convict and impose a sentence for a lesser sentence than that for which he was convicted by the trial court
Whether the court can convict an accused person for a lesser offence under a law different from the law under which he was charged
Whether the exercise of the power to convict an accused person for a lesser offence amounts to raising an issue suo motu
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