Summarize the following court judgment. ION: Criminal Appeal No. 237 of 1959. Appeal from the judgment and order dated February 10 and 11 of 1959	 of the Bombay High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 1023/59 with Crinal Appeals Nos. 1048 and 1048 of 1958. H. R. Khanna and P. D. Menon	 for the appellant. section G. Patwardhan. J.B. Dadachanji O.C. Mathur and Ravinder Narain	 for the respondent No. 1. 1962. January 23. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RAGHUAR DAYAL	 J. This appeal	 on a certificate granted by the High Court of Bombay	 raises the question whether the contravention of the provisions of sub section (2) of section 222 of the Code of Criminal Procedure	 hereinafter called the Code	 in the framing of the charge against an accused	 vitiates the trial. The facts leading to the appeal	 in brief	 are as follows. The respondents were charged and tried at the same trial of the offences under section 120B read with section 406	 I.P.C.	 and of an offence under section 406	 I.P.C. and committed in pursuance of the criminal conspiracy they had entered into. They were also tried	 but acquitted of other offences charged with. They appealed against their conviction of the offence under section 120 B read with section 406	 I.P.C.	 and of the offence under section 406	 I.P.C. The charge under section 406	 I.P.C	 was with respect to the commission of trust of trust of a sum of Rs. 2	18	369/ between the period March 6. 1949	 and June 30	 1950. It was contended before the High Court that the charge framed contravened the provisions of sub 713 section (2) of section 222 of the Code which allowed a combined charge with respect to the amount embezzled within a period of a year. The High Court agreed with this contention and	 holding the trial void	 set aside the conviction of the respondents and acquitted them of the offences. The High Court	 however	 maintained the order of acquittal is respect of the other offences. The State of Bombay (now Maharashtra) has filed this appeal against the order setting aside the conviction of the respondents. It is not necessary for us to determine in this appeal the general question whether the contravention of the provisions of sub R. (2) of section 222 of the Code	 in the framing of the charge	 will always make the trial void	 as	 in this particular case	 the offence under section 406	 I.P.C.	 charged against the respondents was said to have been committed in pursuance of a criminal conspiracy entered into by them. It will therefore suffice	 for the purpose of this case	 to consider whether such a defect in the charge vitiates the present trial. Section 222 of the Code is one of the sections in Chapter XIX	 which deals with Form of Charges. Sections 221	 222 and 223 deal with what should be mentioned in the charge. The whole object of the charge is inform both the prosecution	 and the accused particularly	 of the accusation the prosecution has to establish and the accused has to meet. So long as the accused knows fully what accusation he has to meet any error in the narrative of the charge need not be fatal to the trial. Sections 225	 232	 535 and 537 save the trial from being vitiated unless of course the accused has been prejudiced and failure of justice has taken place. Sections 233 to 239 deal with the joinder of charger	 and they speak not only of an accused being charged with offences	 but of such charges 714 being tried separately or jointly. Section 233 states that for every distinct offence of which any person is accused	 there shall be a separate charge and every such charge shall be tried separately	 except in the cases mentioned in sections 234	 235	 236 and 239. It is clear that the general rule is theat there should be a separate trial for each distinct offence of which a person is accused. It follows that each item of property of which an accused is alleged to have committed breach of trust	 constitutes one distance offence and that	 in general	 it would be necessary to have as many trials as there be distinct offences of criminal breach of trust committed by the accused. But section 222(2) provides that when the accused is charged with criminal breach of trust	 the charge may be with respect to the gross sum embezzled within a period of one year and that the charged so framed shall be deemed to be a charge of one offence within the meaning of section 234. The charge framed in the present case was with respect to the gross sum embezzled within a period of more than twelve months	 the period being between March 6	 1949 and June 30	 1950. The charge therefore was in contravention of the provisions of section 222(2). This defect in the charge	 however	 did not lead to any prejudice to the accused in the trial and therefore did not vitiate the trial	 in view of the provisions of section 537 of the Code. The charge could have been split up into two charges	 one with respect to the offence of criminal breach of trust committed with respect to the amount embezzled between March 6	 1949 and March 5	 1950 and the other with respect to the amount embezzled between March 6	 1950 and June 30	 1950. The two offences of criminal breach of trust could have been tried together in the present case	 as the offences were said to have been committed in pursuance of the criminal conspiracy entered into by the accused	 All the offences 715 committed in pursuance of the conspiracy are committed in the course of the same transaction and therefore can be tried together at one trial	 in view of sub section (1) of section 235 of the Code which provides that if in one series of acts so connected together as to form the same transaction	 more offences than one are committed by the same person	 he may be charged with and tried at one trial for every such offence. It is therefore clear that no prejudice was caused to the accused by the defect in the charge. A similar view has been taken by this Court in Kadiri Kundahammad vs The State of Madras (1). We may further point out that the High Court should not have expressed its opinion or passed any order with respect to the acquittal of the respondents for the other offences when the order of acquittal was not before it for consideration and when it had held the entire trial to be void	 on account of the contravention of the provisions of sub section (2) of section 222. We therefore hold that the trial of the respondents was legal and therefore allow the appeal and set aside the order of the High Court. Their appeal against their conviction has not been heard on merits and therefore we remand the case to the High Court for further hearing according to law.

The respondents were charged and tried at the same trial with the offences of Criminal conspiracy and breach of trust committed in pursuance thereof during a period of more than one year. The question arising for decision was whether	 in the framing of the charge	 contravention of the provisions of sub s.(2) of s.222 which allowed a combined charge with respect to the amount embezzled within a period of one year	 vitiated the trial. ^ Held	 that the defect in the charge did not lead to any prejudice to the accused and therefore did not vitiate the trial in view of the provision of section 537 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. When all the offences committed in pursuance of a conspiracy are committed in course of the same transaction this can be tried together at one trial in view of section 235(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure which provides that if in one 712 series of acts so connected together as to form the same transaction	 more offences than one are committed by the same person	 he may be charged with and tried at one trial for every such offence. Kadiri Kanhahammad vs The State of Madrs	 A.I. R. 	 followed.