Balangoda Ranaweerage Berti Chandrasena v. High Court Rathnapura – CA PHC APN: 23/2015-2015

In the case between The Hon. Attorney General and Balangoda Ranaweerage Berti Chandrasena, the court examined whether the custodial sentence imposed on the 1st Accused for cruelty to a child under Section 308A of the Penal Code should be revised and commuted to a suspended sentence. The court held that no exceptional circumstances were presented to justify appellate intervention through revisionary jurisdiction under Article 138 of the Constitution. It was reaffirmed that family hardship, being a first offender, or subsequent health documentation are insufficient to establish such exceptional grounds. This decision relied on statutory sentencing minimums and precedent on the limited scope of revision, underlining that custodial sentences passed in accordance with the law and proper judicia