2000 (3) TMI 1120

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....re two. 1st appellant-Ammavasai was convicted in 4 different cases the occurrence in all of which took place between 27-3-1990 and 7-5-1990. The offence found against him in all the cases was under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code and in each case he was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 7 years. If he is not given the benefit in exercise of the discretion conferred under Section ....

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....fore, we thought of a via-media which would be consistent with the administration of criminal justice. After bestowing our anxious consideration we thought that if the appellants would undergo a total period of 14 years of imprisonment in respect of all the convictions passed against them that will be sufficient to meet the ends of justice. 5. We, therefore, direct that the sentence imposed on ....

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....rding the 2nd appellant also, we adopt the same measure and order that the sentences imposed upon him by the Assist ant Sessions Judge, Pondicherry in S. C. 66 of 1991 will run unaffected by another sentence imposed upon him subsequently. Only on the termination of the aforesaid sentence the jail authorities would start reckoning the sentence imposed on him in respect of the remaining 4 cases, whi....