Chandrasena alias Rale v Attorney-General – sllr 2008 volume 2 page 255

Brief

In the case between Chandrasena alias Rale and the Attorney-General, the court addressed whether the burns inflicted by the appellant, from an object thrown at the victim resulting in a fire, were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death and whether a causal nexus was established between the injuries and the victim’s ultimate death from septicemia. The court held that the evidence demonstrated the injuries were fatal within the meaning of Section 294 of the Penal Code, and the connection between the appellant’s actions and the victim’s death was sufficiently established to uphold a conviction for murder. This decision reaffirmed the principle that where injuries inflicted are inherently dangerous and can cause death without proper intervention, liability for murder