Thalangama Mahapathiranage Ranjith Pathirana and Hettiarachchige Titus Karunathilake Logus vs The Hon. Attorney – General – CA NO: 180/2004-2012

In the case between Thalangama Mahapathiranage Ranjith Pathirana and Hettiarachchige Titus Karunathilake Logus (Accused-Appellants) and The Hon. Attorney-General (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the convictions and sentences for joint possession of heroin under section 54(a)(c) of the Opium Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance should be upheld, with particular focus on the operative date of the sentence of life imprisonment. The court determined that the convictions were supported by evidence and should be affirmed, and that the sentence of life imprisonment should take effect from the date of conviction, with the remand period set off against the sentence. This holding reaffirmed the principle that the period of remand custody must be credited towards service of a c