Wasantha vs. Officer in Charge, Police Station Seeduwa – sllr 2006 volume 3 page 071

In the case between Wasantha and others (appellants) and the Officer in Charge, Police Station Seeduwa (respondent), the court addressed whether a certificate by an Attorney-at-Law under section 322(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure is mandatory for appeals involving both questions of fact and law, or only for those confined strictly to questions of law. It was determined that the requirement for such a certificate applies solely to appeals restricted to legal questions, not to those also raising factual errors. The findings established that the preliminary objection, based exclusively on the absence of the certificate, was improperly upheld and that the High Court should reconsider the merits of the appeal. This holding reaffirmed the principle that procedural conditions for appeals mu