Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Section 138—Dishonour of cheques—Petition filed under Section 482 CrPC seeking a direction for concurrent running of sentence awarded to the petitioner in four complaint cases—Complaints arise from a single transaction—Since cheques in question were issued based upon a single transaction, the sentence should be running concurrently in all four complaint cases—Petition allowed. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 427(1)]
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