JUDGMENT :

1. This misc. petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred by the petitioner claiming the following relief:

“It is therefore, most respectfully and humbly prayed that this misc. petition may kindly be allowed and it may kindly be ordered to execute the sentence concurrently in pursuance of judgments of conviction and sentence awarded by learned courts below as stated above in the interest of justice.”

2. Learned counsel for both the parties fairly concede that the present case is squarely covered by the decision rendered in S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition No. 2883/2014 Rajender Kabra Vs. State of Rajasthan decided on 17.02.2017. The relevant portion of the judgment in Rajender Kabra (supra) reads as under:

“This second criminal misc. petition under section 482 CrPC has been preferred on behalf of the petitioner with a prayer that the sentences awarded to him in 32 different cases for the offence punishable under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, details of which are being provided in later part of this order, may be ordered to run concurrently.

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