THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 5925 of 2009 DATED 04.08.2009 BETWEEN: Ch.Venkata Lakshmi .. Petitioner/Accused And The State of A.P. through PP .. Respondent/Complainant THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 5925 of 2009 ORDER: The present petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying this Court that the sentence imposed on the petitioner in S.C.No. 199 of 2007 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Rajampeta, Kadapa District, dated 03.07.2008 be ordered to run concurrently along with the sentences imposed on her in C.C.No.174 of 2007 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Devarakonda, Nalgonda District vide Judgment dated 05.12.2007 and also in C.C.No.249 of 2006 on the file of the V Additional Munsiff Magistrate FAC, VI Additional Munsiff Magistrate, Guntur, vide Judgment dated 03.09.2007. In all these cases, the petitioner is undergoing sentence in Central Jail, Kadapa. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent - State. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is suffering from HIV positive and therefore, the sentence imposed on the petitioner be ordered to run concurrently. Section 427(1) Cr.P.C. reads as follows: “When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment or imprisonment for life, such imprisonment or imprisonment for life shall commence at the expiration of the imprisonment to which he has been previously sentenced, unless the Court directs that the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence.” Having regard to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and also the fact that the petitioner is suffering from HIV positive, I am of the view that this is a fit case to extend the benefit of Section 427(1) Cr.P.C. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed and all the sentences imposed on the petitioner are ordered to be run concurrently.. ____________ kvrm 04.08.2009 HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 5925 of 2009 DATED: 04.08.2009