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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /> Supreme Court <br /><br /> Multiple life imprisonment sentences to not run consecutively<br /><br /> MANU/SC/0783/2016 - (01 Jan 1900)<br /><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Muthuramalingam and Ors. v. State</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>A constitution bench of the Supreme Court held that though multiple sentences for life imprisonment can be awarded for multiple crimes, the same cannot be directed to run consecutively. The bench specifically overruled decisions that directed life sentences to run consecutively, either with life or other sentences.<BR><BR> The Supreme Court was faced with the question whether consecutive life sentences can be awarded to persons found guilty of a series of murders, all of which they were found guilty for in a single trial.The appellants were sentenced to of life imprisonment for each of the murders committed, with the sentences set to run consecutively. Sentences ranged from two to eight consecutive sentences. <BR><BR> Though the court disagreed with the approach of lower courts, there was consolation in its reiteration that the multiple sentences would nevertheless be “super imposed”. As such, remission or commutation under once sentence would not automatically entitle a prisoner to release from the other sentences.</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Dalabir Singh v. State of Punjab <manuid>MANU/SC/0099/1979</manuid> Laxman Naskar v. Union of India <manuid>MANU/SC/0084/2000</manuid> Ravindra Trimbak Chouthmal v. State of Maharashtra <manuid>MANU/SC/1141/1996</manuid></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : murder, sentence, life imprisonment, consecutive</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!--<td><strong>Source : <a target="_new" href="http://www.manupatrafast.com/">newsroom.manupatra.com</a></strong></td>--> <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>