Where several punishments are imposed for several offences at one trial, the court may direct that the several punishments shall run concurrently, that is to say, the accused shall suffer imprisonment altogether, upto the highest term for the term of several punishments awarded; in the absence of such direction, the several terms will run consecutively, which means that the accused will suffer imprisonment for the aggregate of the several terms, one sentence commencing on the expiry of the other.
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