Kankanamge Vithanage Aruna Prasanna vs Wellage Roshini Lakshika Silva – CA APN/MISC.03/12-2013

The case between Kankanamge Vithanage Aruna Prasanna (Respondent–Appellant) and Wellage Roshini Lakshika Silva (Complainant–Respondent) addressed the procedural issue of whether the appeal pending before the Juvenile Court, Battaramulla, could be withdrawn by the Appellant. The court determined that the application for withdrawal was proper and should be allowed, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal without costs and the return of the main record to the relevant Magistrate’s Court. The principle established is that, where no objection to withdrawal is raised, the appeal may be duly withdrawn at this stage, reinforcing procedural norms relating to appeals in criminal matters.

Upaly Abeyrathne J. — It was determined that, on the Appellant’s application to withdraw the appeal, with no o