The appellant, Sreekumar, was convicted of murder under Section 302 of the IPC for stabbing a 19-year-old neighbour, Abhilash, to death over a dispute about a memory card. The prosecution case was that the appellant had demanded the return of the memory card and, after an altercation, had stabbed Abhilash. The trial court found the prosecution evidence to be cogent and reliable, and the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. The appellant appealed against the conviction, arguing that the prosecution case was flawed due to delay in registering the crime and inconsistencies in the evidence of key witnesses. The appeal was heard by the Kerala High Court.