The petitioner Piyush Chatterjee was convicted by the ACJM, Bidhannagore on 28 November 2024 in three separate complaint cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, each carrying four months' simple imprisonment and fines, all filed by the same complainant arising from dishonoured cheques issued towards repayment of friendly loans. The trial court did not direct the sentences to run concurrently, and the Sessions Court dismissed the petitioner's appeal on grounds of limitation without deciding on merits. Before the Calcutta High Court in its criminal revisional jurisdiction, the petitioner sought invocation of Section 482 Cr.P.C. read with Section 528 BNSS to direct concurrent running of all three sentences under Section 427 Cr.P.C./Section 467 BNSS, arguing the cases arose from a single series of transactions between the same parties. The High Court examined the 'single transaction test' as laid down in V.K. Bansal v. State of Haryana (2013) 7 SCC 211 and K. Padamaja Rani v. State of Telangana (SLP Crl. 6742/2023), holding that concurrent sentencing is not a matter of right and is available only where multiple cheques arise from a single transaction, not from multiple separate transactions spread over time. The judgment text as provided ends mid-analysis without recording a final operative order.