Supreme Court of India

O.M. Cherian @ Thankachan v. State of Kerala & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 140
Bench T.S. Thakur, Adarsh Kumar Goel and R. Banumathi JJ.
Decided 11 November 2014

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 31 - Sentences in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial - To run concurrently or consecutively - Accused-husband convicted u/ss.498 and 306 !PC and sentenced for the respective offences - Direction by courts below that sentences to run consecutively - Challenge to - Held: Under Section 31, it is left to the full discretion of the Court to order the sentences to run concurrently in case of conviction for two or more offences, having regard to the nature of offences and attendant aggravating or mitigating circumstances - In view of the facts

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