MANICKAM vs STATE BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,T.NADU

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's judgment convicting the appellant under Section 304 (Part-II) IPC for the murder of Anbalagan, while acquitting the co-accused. The Court found sufficient evidence from witnesses PW 4 and PW 5 to support the conviction, but noted the appellant's age (77 years) and the time elapsed since the incident (1993). The Court decided that the ends of justice would be served by reducing the sentence to the period already undergone, thus ordering his release.