Pelenda Dewage Wijewardhana alias Charlis Suda alias Sudu aiya V. The Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department. – CA 140/13-1983

In the case between Pelenda Dewage Wijewardhana (alias Charlis Suda alias Sudu aiya) and The Hon. Attorney General, the court addressed whether the accused was proven beyond reasonable doubt to have committed rape of a minor under section 364(2)(e) of the Penal Code. The holding affirmed the conviction and sentence of the accused, determining that the prosecution sufficiently established the guilt of the accused through credible testimony, corroborating medical evidence, and legal precedents, despite the absence of precise dates and the alleged lack of corroboration by the victim’s mother. This decision reaffirmed the principle that trauma may impact a victim’s ability to recall specific details, but substantive evidence and corroboration can sustain a conviction. The court drew upon estab