Supreme Court of India
Sunil Kumar @ Sudhir Kumar & Anr. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
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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 period 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 specify – Held: It is legally obligatory upon the court of first instance while awarding multiple punishments of imprisonment to specify in clear terms as to whether the sentences would run concurrently or consecutively – If the Court of first instance does not specify the concurrent running of sentences, the inference, primarily, is that the Court intended such sentences to run consecutively, though, the Court of first instance ought not to leave this matter for deduction at the later…
Authorities it was built on
- 1996 The State of Punjab v. Gurmit Singh Anr Ors.
- 1988 Mohd. Akhtar Hussain Alias Ibrahim Ahmed Bhatti v. Assistant Collector of Customs (prevention) Ahmedabad & Ors.
- 2016 Muthuramalingam & Ors. v. State Represented by Inspector of Police
- 2016 Muthuramalingam & Ors. v. State Represented by Inspector of Police
- 2015 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Anoop Singh
- 2014 O.M. Cherian @ Thankachan v. State of Kerala & Ors.
- 2015 Nagaraja Rao v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- 2019 Gagan Kumar v. The State of Punjab
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