https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303240 Section 31 CrPC was interpreted consistently with the settled meaning of life imprisonment: imprisonment for life means imprisonment for the remainder of the convict's natural life unless lawfully remitted or commuted. On that basis, multiple life sentences may be awarded at one trial for several murders, but they cannot be directed to run consecutively; they operate concurrently. The Court also distinguished term sentences from life imprisonment and held that a term sentence may be directed to run consecutively before the life sentence commences, since the sequence of sentences can be fixed under Section 31. en-us Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 10 Jul 2022 20:20:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303240 Section 31 CrPC was interpreted consistently with the settled meaning of life imprisonment: imprisonment for life means imprisonment for the remainder of the convict's natural life unless lawfully remitted or commuted. On that basis, multiple life sentences may be awarded at one trial for several murders, but they cannot be directed to run consecutively; they operate concurrently. The Court also distinguished term sentences from life imprisonment and held that a term sentence may be directed to run consecutively before the life sentence commences, since the sequence of sentences can be fixed under Section 31. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303240