Wellangoda Gedera Nandasena vs The Officer-in-Charge, Police Station Nittambuwa – CA PHC APN NO. 09/2013-2013

In the case between Wellangoda Gedera Nandasena (petitioner) and The Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Nittambuwa, and the Hon. Attorney General (respondents), the issue concerned whether an individual who is not the accused may file a revision application to vary a criminal sentence imposed on another (specifically, the accused’s father seeking relief for his son). It was held that only the accused, as the person directly subject to the sentence, is entitled to such relief, thereby reaffirming the principle that locus standi in seeking revision of a criminal sentence resides exclusively with the accused. Reliance was placed on prior Court of Appeal authorities, namely Senathilaka v. A.G., M.P. Piyaseeli v. A.G., and M.M. Sonali Fernando v. A.G., establishing that the revision jurisdictio