File photo of the Karnataka High Court. The Karnataka High Court recently modified the sentence imposed on a septuagenarian man from one year to simple imprisonment for a day, noting that the convict is wheelchair bound and unable to execute his day-to-day activities without assistance. Justice V Srishananda also accepted the offer of the convict, Syed Saifudeen, 71, to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the dependents of the deceased in addition to what has been received by them through the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal. In its order dated April 15, the bench said, “Though the concept of ‘blood money’ is alien to Indian criminal jurisprudence.…