Mahathanthri Arachchige Don Ambrose alias Chuti Mudalali v. Hon. The Attorney General – CA Appeal No: CA 328/2012 -2016

In the case between Mahathanthri Arachchige Don Ambrose alias Chuti Mudalali (Accused-Appellant) and the Hon. The Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of sentencing upon conviction for statutory rape under Section 364(2)(e) of the Penal Code. The appeal was limited to the severity of the sentence imposed by the High Court, with the Accused-Appellant conceding the conviction but contending that the sentence was excessive, and seeking a reduction to the statutory minimum and backdating of the sentence. The court held that the sentence should be reduced to the minimum mandatory term of 10 years rigorous imprisonment and ordered the sentence to be backdated. Restitution to the victim was increased, and the judgment reaffirmed the principle that sentencing, despite statu