IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE Nos.1484 & 1485 OF 2010 Between: Smt. Ashraf Begum & 3 others … PETITIONERS And The State of A.P. & another … RESPONDENTS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1486 OF 2010 Between: Smt. Ashraf Begum & 3 others … PETITIONERS And The State of A.P. & 5 others … RESPONDENTS This Court made the following: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE Nos.1484, 1485 & 1486 OF 2010 COMMON ORDER: 1. The petitioners are unfortunate wife and minor children of the second respondent, who is suffering order of payment of maintenance to each of them under Section 125 Cr.P.C. For non-payment of arrears of maintenance, the lower Court ordered arrest of the second respondent and his committal to prison for one month in all the three matters relating to successive defaults. 2. Grievance of the petitioners is that the second respondent is a chronic defaulter and that therefore, the lower Court should not have ordered concurrent running of sentences of imprisonment for one month each in all the three matters and that there are no circumstances to be lenient towards the second respondent. 3. The petitioners’ counsel stated that though there is no illegality in ordering concurrent running of sentences of imprisonment in all the three matters, the circumstances do not warrant such an order. The lower Court exercised its discretion and ordered concurrent running of the sentences in all the three matters. When the petitioners are not questioning legality of such an order, this Court is of the opinion that this Court cannot interfere with discretion of the lower Court in ordering concurrent running of sentences in all the three matters. 4. In the result, all the three criminal revision petitions are dismissed. ______________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J August 23, 2010 KL HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE Nos.1484, 1485 & 1486 OF 2010 August 23, 2010 KL