https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303227 In multiple cheque-dishonour prosecutions, the High Court recognised that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC may be used to direct concurrent running of substantive sentences under Section 427 CrPC, depending on the facts, the nature and number of cases, and the interests of criminal justice. Applying that discretion, it found no compelling reason to insist on consecutive operation of all substantive sentences in the 14 cases. The benefit of concurrency was confined to substantive imprisonment and did not extend to default sentences imposed for non-payment of fine or compensation, which would continue to operate consecutively. en-us Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 09 Jul 2022 08:00:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303227 In multiple cheque-dishonour prosecutions, the High Court recognised that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC may be used to direct concurrent running of substantive sentences under Section 427 CrPC, depending on the facts, the nature and number of cases, and the interests of criminal justice. Applying that discretion, it found no compelling reason to insist on consecutive operation of all substantive sentences in the 14 cases. The benefit of concurrency was confined to substantive imprisonment and did not extend to default sentences imposed for non-payment of fine or compensation, which would continue to operate consecutively. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303227