Supreme Court of India

Nagaraja Rao v. Central Bureau of Investigation

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Reported as [2015] 12 S.C.R. 424
Bench Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 16 January 2015
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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.31 -Accused convicted of several offences at one trial - Power of the Court to award sentence - Sentence to run "concurrently" or "consecutively" -Appellant, a postal employee -Allegation that while on duty he committed theft of a registered insured parcel containing Gold Chain - Conviction and sentencing of appellant uls.381 /PC and also uls.52 of the /PO Act­ Magistrate did not mention as to whether both the punishments will run "concurrently" or "consecutively" - Conviction not challenged before Supreme Court - Challenge confined only to the sentences

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