T. GURUMURTHY vs STATE THROUGH CHIEF SECY.,U.T., A.&N. — SLP(Crl.)...CRLMP No. 6014/2004

Summary: The Supreme Court granted special leave and disposed of T. Gurumurthy's criminal appeal on March 11, 2005. Gurumurthy, a truck driver convicted under IPC Sections 304A and 279 and sentenced to one year imprisonment (having served ~5 months), had his sentence modified on humanitarian grounds. The Court noted that Gurumurthy's wife and youngest son were lost in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at Katchal Island, and his house was destroyed, leaving him in destitution. The Court treated the 5 months already served as substantive punishment and imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000 payable within one month (with two months imprisonment as default). This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.