Kandaiah Karunakaran v. Hon Attorney General – CA HC/03/2012-2012

In the case between Kandaiah Karunakaran (Petitioner) and Hon Attorney General (State) (Respondent), the court examined the appropriate sentence for an accused convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 297 of the Penal Code. The central question was whether the sentence imposed by the High Court should be reduced in light of the appellant’s significant period spent on remand and the absence of objection from the State to any reduction. The court held that the sentence should be reduced from twelve years to six years’ rigorous imprisonment, maintaining the original fine and default term, and ordered that the revised sentence operate from the date of original conviction. The decision reaffirmed the principle that significant time spent in remand and lack of opposit