IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-12699 of 2009 Date of decision : August 19, 2009 Dharampal Kaushik ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : None for the petitioner Mr. Sidharth Sarup, AAG Haryana L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Dharmpal Kaushik lodged in Central Jail, Hisar sent application from jail addressed to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court. The said application has been registered as the instant criminal miscellaneous petition under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, Cr.P.C.). The petitioner has alleged in the application that he is undergoing sentence awarded in different cases to him under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, the Act). He has prayed that his sentences in different cases be ordered to run concurrently. In reply filed on behalf of the State, it has been stated that the petitioner has been convicted in seven cases under section 138 of the Act and in two out of the said seven cases sentence has been ordered to run concurrently. Criminal Misc. No. M-12699 of 2009 -2- On the preceding date of hearing, learned State counsel was asked to inform the Court if any appeal or revision is pending in any of the seven cases in which the petitioner stands convicted and sentenced. Learned State counsel accordingly states that Criminal Revision No. 286 of 2009 filed by the petitioner in one case is pending in this Court and stands admitted. In view of the Full Bench judgment of this Court in Jang Singh versus State of Punjab, 2008(1) RCR (Criminal) 323, the instant petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. for direction to order the sentences awarded in different cases to run concurrently is not maintainable. The instant petition is accordingly dismissed. The petitioner may, if so advised, move application for this relief in pending Criminal Revision No. 286 of 2009. A copy of this order be sent to Superintendent, Central Jail, Hisar for communication to the petitioner-convict. ( L.N. Mittal ) August 19, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'