K.B.A. Nihal v. Hon Attorney General – CA NO. 276/2013-2013

In the case between K.B.A. Nihal (Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department (Respondent), the court addressed whether the sentences imposed on the accused-appellant for two counts should be ordered to run concurrently rather than consecutively, with the appeal limited exclusively to the nature of the sentencing. It was determined that the sentences, originally ordered to run consecutively, should instead run concurrently, with the sentence operative from the date of conviction, while the imposed fine and compensation remained unchanged. This disposition reaffirmed the judicial principle that sentencing discretion may be exercised in accordance with mitigating circumstances and procedural fairness, guided by applicable sentencing statutes and judicial precedent