Courts Have Power To Direct That Subsequent Sentence Shall Run Concurrently With Previous Sentence: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in Benson vs. State of Kerala, has held that the normal rule in sub-section (1) of Section 427 of CrPC, that if a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment, such subsequent term of imprisonment would normally commence at the expiration of the imprisonment to which he was previously sentenced, is subject to...