P.N.MOHANAN NAIR Vs. STATE OF KERALA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The substantive appeals against convictions were dismissed as withdrawn on 09.12016. Liberty was however granted, to approach this court again if required. On the application made, the special leave petition was resurrected.

(3.) The short question of law for consideration is, if the offences essentially constitute a single transaction, but have been split up by the prosecution into three separate cases, will the sentences imposed individually, run concurrently or consecutively? The issue stands covered by the decisions in V.K. Bansal Vs. State of Haryana and Another, (2013) 7 SCC 211 followed in Shyam Pal Vs. Dayawati Besoya, (2016) 10 SCC 761 and Benson Vs. State of Kerala, (2016) 10 SCC 307.