Sunil Edirisinghe alias Kira alias Kiriya vs The Attorney General – CA226/2008-2013

In the case between Sunil Edirisinghe alias Kira alias Kiriya (Appellant) and The Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the conviction and the imposition of the death sentence for murder were proper, where the prosecution’s case was based solely on circumstantial evidence and dying declarations. It was held that the conviction and sentence were justified as the circumstances, together with consistent dying declarations, conclusively established the appellant’s guilt. The principle reaffirmed in this decision is that where circumstantial evidence, corroborated by credible dying declarations and medical testimony, points conclusively to the accused, a conviction may be sustained. Reliance was placed on evidentiary rules concerning dying declarations and esta