IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRL.P.No.10971 OF 2010 Between:- Kethavath Srinu …Petitioner A n d The State of A.P., Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad …Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRL.P.No.10971 OF 2010 ORDER: This petition is filed under Sections 427 and 482 Cr.P.C seeking a direction that the sentence of imprisonment imposed against the petitioner/accused in C.C.No.132 of 2005, on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District, to run concurrently with the sentence of imprisonment in S.C.No.287 of 2004, on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Medak. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent- State. Perused the records. 3. The petitioner/accused was involved in more than one case. It is stated that he was acquitted in all the cases except two i.e., S.C.No.287 of 2004 and C.C.No.132 of 2005. In S.C.No.287 of 2004, the petitioner was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years on two counts and one year on the third count. The said conviction was confirmed by this Court, but sentence was modified to six years on two counts and one year on the third count in Crl.R.C.No.486 of 2008 dated 28-04-2010. Subsequent to his conviction in S.C.No.287 of 2004, the petitioner was convicted in C.C.No.132 of 2005, on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Kamareddy. 4. According to the petitioner, he hails from a poor lambada family and his wife is working as an agricultural coolie and he has a son aged five years and his uncle who was taking care of his child died recently and there is no one to look after his family. 5. In the circumstances, it is considered that the ends of justice would be met by giving a direction that the sentence of imprisonment in C.C.No.132 of 2005, on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Kamareddy, shall run concurrently with the sentence of imprisonment in S.C.No.287 of 2004, on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Medak, as modified by this Court in Crl.R.C.No.486 of 2008. 6. In the result, the criminal petition is allowed accordingly. ____________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 23rd November,2010 Lrkm.