Partly allowed
Prabhu Original Name P.Venkatachalam v. the State of Tamil Nadu Rep.by
Madras HCCRL A/70/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Appeals against conviction of four accused under Section 304(II) IPC for a fatal assault on the deceased using hands and legs after a drunken quarrel. The High Court upheld the conviction, rejecting contentions on FIR delay, accident register irregularities and minor contradictions, but reduced the sentence to five years subject to payment of compensation to the widow.
What did the court decide?
Conviction u/s 304(II) IPC confirmed; sentence reduced from 10 years to 5 years RI with Rs.2,50,000 fine each, payable as Rs.10 lakh compensation to P.W.1.