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Court Upholds Consecutive Sentences for Bengaluru Convict
13 Nov
Summary
- Bengaluru man's plea for concurrent sentences was rejected.
- The High Court upheld consecutive sentencing under CrPC Section 427.
- The convict was sentenced for murder and threatening witnesses.
The Karnataka High Court has denied a petition from a Bengaluru resident seeking concurrent sentences. The court ruled that the sentences for his two convictions must be served consecutively as per Section 427 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
The convict, arrested in 2016 for murder, was later booked in 2019 for threatening witnesses while on bail. He received a five-year sentence for the witness intimidation in August 2022, having completed this term on November 15, 2023. Subsequently, he was handed a life sentence for the murder case on June 1, 2023.
The petitioner argued that both offenses stemmed from the same incident and were investigated by the same police station. However, Justice M. Nagaprasanna stated that the second offense occurred in 2019, three years after the initial crime's registration, and the causes of action were distinct, thus not qualifying for concurrent sentencing benefits.
