R.W.W. Dharmadasa v. Hon. Attorney General – CA NO.199 -201/2010-2010

In the case between R.W.W. Dharmadasa and Nambukara Mudiyanselage Dugles (accused-appellants) and the Hon. Attorney General (respondent), the court considered appeals arising from convictions and sentencing for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The legal issues addressed included the merits of the 2nd accused-appellant’s request to withdraw his appeal, the propriety of backdating the execution of the sentence under Section 359 of the Criminal Procedure Code, and the status of the 1st accused-appellant’s appeal due to absence caused by ill health. It was determined that the 2nd accused-appellant’s appeal be dismissed and his sentence be deemed to run from the date of conviction, with the remainder of the sentence left unaltered. The proceedings for the 1st accused-appellant’s appea