Somaratne Rajapakse and Others vs. Hon. Attorney General (Krishanthi Kumaraswamy Rape Case) – sllr 2010 volume 2 page 113

In the case between Somaratne Rajapaksa and Others (Plaintiffs) and the Honourable Attorney General (Defendant), the central issues addressed concerned the validity of the judgment delivered by a Trial-at-Bar with three separate opinions, the evidentiary admissibility of confessions made to Military Police Officers under Sections 25 and 27 of the Evidence Ordinance, the handling and probative value of circumstantial evidence, and the procedural propriety of amending indictments to add a rape charge under the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court determined that the issuance of multiple judgments by the Trial-at-Bar did not invalidate the conviction; confessions to Military Police Officers were inadmissible under Section 25, but certain material acts evidenced by Section 27 were deemed admi