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Sunil Kumar @ Sudhir Kumar & Anr. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 630
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 25 May 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, in exercise of powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, we provide for modification of the punishment awarded to the appellants in the manner that the maximum pe riod of imprisonment to be served by them in relation to offences in question shall be 14 years and not beyond.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Sentence/Sentencing: Sentences to run concurrently or consecutively – Duty of Court of first instance to speci fy – Held: It is legally obligatory upon the court of first instance while awarding multiple punishments of imprisonment to specify in clear ter ms as to whether the sentences would run concurrently or consecutively – If the Court of first instance does not specify the concurren t running of sentences, the inference, primarily, is that the Court intended such sentences to run consecutively, though, the Co urt of first instance ought not to leave this matter for deducti on at the

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