Dinesh Lakmal Fonseka vs Hon. Attorney General – CA NO: 213/20 13-2014

In the case between Dinesh Lakmal Fonseka (Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed the procedural issue of whether the appellant’s appeal should proceed following his request to withdraw. It was determined that the appeal be dismissed upon the formal application for withdrawal by the appellant’s counsel, reaffirming that a court may permit withdrawal and dispose of an appeal accordingly. This decision rests on established procedural rules relating to the voluntary abandonment of appellate proceedings, emphasizing that once an application for withdrawal is allowed, the appeal stands dismissed and is concluded without further adjudication.

Anil Gooneratne J. — It was recorded that the accused-appellant’s counsel conveyed the appellant’s wish to withdraw t