203. When it is Doubtful what Offence has been Committed. If a single act or series of acts is of such a nature that if it is doubtful which of several different offences the facts which can be proved will constitute, the accused may be charged with having committed all or any one or more of such offences and any number of such charges be tried together, or he may be charged in the alternative with having committed one or more of the said offences. NOTE:- For form of judgment on conviction in the alternative see section 248 (4). See also section 75 of the Penal Code. Illustration. A is accused of an act which may amount to theft or receiving stolen property or criminal breach of trust. He may be charged (a) with theft and receiving stolen property and criminal breach of trust or (b) with theft or receiving stolen property or criminal breach of trust alternatively or (c) with one or two of these offences omitting the others or other of them. 204. When Person Charged with One Offence May Be Convicted of Another. (1) If in the case mentioned in section 203 the accused is charged with one offence and it appears in evidence that he committed a different offence with which he might have been charged under the provisions of that section, he may be convicted of the offence, which he is shown to have committed although he was not charged with it. (2) When the accused is charged with an offence, he may be convicted of having attempted to commit that offence although the attempt is not separately charged. 205. Conviction of Lesser Offence Where Greater Charged. (1) When a person is charged with an offence consisting of several particulars, a combination of some only of which constitute a complete minor offence, and such combination is proved but the remaining particulars are not proved, he may be convicted of the minor offence though he was not charged with it. (2) When a person is charged with an offence and facts are proved which reduced it to a minor offence, he may be convicted of the minor offence although he is not charged with it. 206. What Persons May Be Charged Jointly. The following persons may be charged and tried jointly namely:(a) persons accused of the same offence committed by them in the same transaction; (b) persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment or of an attempt to commit the same offence; 68