Supreme Court of India

Benson v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2016] 8 S.C.R. 166
Bench Dipak Misra and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 3 October 2016

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.42? - Concurrent running of subsequent sentence with previous sentence - Appellant charged of having committed various offences - Tried separately and sentenced in each of the offences - Plea of appellant for concurrent running of sentences - Held: Court has the power and discretion to issue a direction that the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with the previous sentence - Whether or not a direction ought to be issued in a given case would depend upon the nature of the offence or offences committed and the fact situation - On facts, sentence

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