NADODI JAYARAMAN vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU

The Supreme Court addressed the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, stemming from a murder linked to trade union rivalry. The Court held that the Trial Court's reliance on certain witness testimonies was flawed, leading to the alteration of the conviction from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II IPC. The Court also noted the principle of 'falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus' and reduced the sentence to the time already served, considering the appellants had been on bail for over a decade without further criminal activity.