Thambarasa Sabaratnam v. The Hon. Attorney General – CA 127/2012-2012

In the case between Thambarasa Sabaratnam (Accused-Appellant) and The Hon. Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed whether the conviction and sentence for grave sexual abuse under section 365B(2)(b) of the Penal Code should be set aside on appeal. It was held that the conviction and sentence must stand, as the evidence of the child victim was found credible and consistent, corroborated by medical findings, and unshaken by cross-examination. The judgment reaffirmed the principle that corroboration is not mandatory when the testimony of the complainant is convincing, and that alleged procedural or evidentiary errors, including the admission of the wife’s testimony, did not cause a miscarriage of justice and thus do not warrant overturning the conviction. This decision relied on th