Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1118 · Decided 19 July 2016
Muthuramalingam & ORS. v. State REP. BY INSP. of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1118 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 30
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 231/2009
- Decided
- 19 July 2016
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA, S.A. BOBDE, A.K. SIKRI, R. BANUMATHI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 71; CrPC Section 31, 427(2), 31(2)
Headnote
5 S.C.R. 30 MUTHURAMALINGAM & ORS. v. STATE REP. BY INSP. OF POLICE (Criminal Appeal Nos. 231-233 of2009) B JULY 19,2016 (T.S. THAKUR, CJI, FAKKIR MOHAMED IBRAHIM KALIFULLA, A.K. SIKRI, S.A. BOBDE AND R. BANUMATHI, JJ.) C Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: D E F G H s.31 - Essential ingredients trial - Held: Sentences awarded by the Court for several offences committed by the prisoner shall run consecutively (unless the Court directs otherwise) except where such sentences include imprisonment for life which can and must run concurrently - If more than one life sentences are awarded to
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