JUDGMENT :

V.K. JADHAV, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the parties, heard finally at admission stage.

2. The petitioner, who is a life convict, has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking directions that the life sentence imposed by the 4th Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Jalna in Sessions Case No. 100 of 2005, confirmed by this Court in criminal appeal No. 576 of 2006 and the sentence of 10 years rigorous imprisonment imposed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad in Sessions Case No. 305 of 2011, to run concurrently in terms of the provisions of Section 427(2) of Cr.P.C.

(a) The petitioner was tried by the 4th Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Jalna in Sessions Case No. 100 of 2005 for the offence punishable under Section 302 of I.P.C. in connection with crime No. 90 of 2005 and by judgment and order of conviction dated 20.6.2006, the petitioner was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 of I.P.C. and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.5,000/- i/d to suffer R.I. for two years. By judgment and order dated 20.10.2008, this Court (Coram: P.V. H