Thiruganapillai Sivakumar v. Hon. Attorney General – CA 294/2012-2017

In the case between the Hon. Attorney General and Thiruganapillai Sivakumar, the court addressed the justification of the conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and robbery. It was determined that the conviction and sentence were warranted based on credible and uncontradicted eyewitness testimony, the lack of statutory notice for the alibi defence, and the explanation that the delayed identification parade was due to the accused absconding. The court reaffirmed the principle that delayed identification alone does not invalidate such proceedings if attributed to the accused’s conduct. Reliance was placed on relevant statutory requirements for raising an alibi and established precedents for assessing delayed identification parades, emphasizing that procedural delays justifi