section 31 crpc

Hi,

Section 31 of CrPC mentions that 

1. When a person is convicted at one trial in question of two or more offences, the Court may, subject to the provisions of section 71 of the Indian Penal Code, sentence him for such offences, to the several punishments, prescribed which such Court is competent to inflict; when consisting of imprisonmentas punishment, the Court may commence the punishments subsequently (one after the expiration of the other), unless the Court directs that such punishments shall run simulatneously.

2. In the case of consecutive sentences, it shall not be necessary for the Court by reason only of the aggregate punishment for the several offences being in excess of the punishment that it is competent to inflict on conviction of a single offence, to send the offender for trial before a higher Court;

Provided that—

• in no case shall such person be sentenced to imprisonment for a longer period than fourteen years;
• the aggregate punishment shall not exceed twice the amount of punishment which the Court is competent to inflict for a single offence.

3. For the purpose of appeal by a convicted person, the aggregate of the consecutive sentences passed against him under this section shall be deemed to be a single sentence.

I hope this helps.

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