Attorney General v. Jayasekara Vidanapathiranage Indika Priyantha – CA 210/2013-2016

In the case between the Attorney General and Jayasekara Vidanapathiranage Indika Priyantha, the court addressed whether the identity of the Accused-Appellant as the perpetrator of rape was satisfactorily established and whether the conviction under Section 364(1) of the Penal Code (Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 1995, was sustainable on the evidence. It was held that the identification of the accused was credible and reliably established, upholding the conviction and sentence imposed by the High Court. The principle reaffirmed was that credible identification evidence, corroborated by supporting testimony and medical evidence, suffices to sustain a conviction for rape notwithstanding a lapse of time since the incident. Reference was made to both witness and medical evidence, emphasizing that ap