Weerasinghe vs. Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption – sllr 2013 volume 1 page 359

In Weerasinghe v. Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, the court considered whether the trial court’s conviction complied with procedural and evidential requirements under the Criminal Procedure Code and the Bribery Act. The central issue involved the sufficiency and reliability of evidence, particularly in relation to witness credibility and the conduct of the police investigation. It was determined that serious procedural discrepancies and significant evidentiary weaknesses undermined the prosecution’s case. Setting aside the previous conviction, the judgment reasserted the principle that retrials should not serve to replace missing or inadequate evidence but must be predicated on substantial procedural grounds. Statutory references and authoritative legal comm