Several Cheques dishonoured. Several cases. Several sentences. Should all punishment run jointly?
In this case, convicted person had issued several cheques. All these dishonoured.
Cases were filed separate for each cheque.
In each case he was sent to Jail.
The question was, whether accused should suffer all these punishment one by one or concurrently/ jointly?
If it is held to go side by side concurrent in each case, then accused can suffer only one sentence. Otherwise, he has to stay in jail for several years and should suffer punishment one by one.
Here, SC directed that all punishments to run concurrently, jointly, Side by side.
Ref: Criminal Appeal 837-851of 2013
Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Guan Sudha Misra
Haresh Raichura
26/8/13
