Supreme Court of India

Iqram v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 51
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 16 December 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we allow the appeal and set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court dated 24 March 2022.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – s. 427 – Sentences in multiple trials – Appellant sought concurrent running of sen tences – The appellant was charged and put to trial in respect of the nine distinct FIRs relating to incidents involving theft of electric ity equipments – Nine Session trials were conducted and consequently the accused was convicted by nine separate judgments – No speci fic direction was issued by the trial Court as to allow the subsequent se ntences to run concurrently – Net consequence of the position emerged that appellant had to undergo a total term of imprisonment of 18 ye

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