Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sugath and Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Weerasinghe vs The Attorney General – CA 97-98/2011-2014

In the case between Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sugath Nanda alias Bandu, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Weerasinghe alias Chuti (Accused-Appellants), and the Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of the criminal liability of the accused for the gang rape of Basnayake Mudiyanselage Seelawathie. It was held that the conviction and sentence of the accused for gang rape were properly established based on reliable and consistent evidence. The court reaffirmed the legal principle that, where the prosecution proves its case beyond a reasonable doubt and the evidence of the prosecutrix is corroborated by independent medical evidence, such conviction must stand. The judgment emphasized the importance of credible witness testimony and corroborative medical findings in criminal prose