Director-General, Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption vs Yapa Hettipathirannehelage Kithsiri Manjula Kumara Yapa and Wijesinghe Mudiyanselage Udaya Sri Rohana Parakrama – CA LA 65/2007-2017

In the case between the Director-General, Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (Complainant-Appellant) and Yapa Hettipathirannehelage Kithsiri Manjula Kumara Yapa and Wijesinghe Mudiyanselage Udaya Sri Rohana Parakrama (Accused-Respondents), the court addressed whether the High Court of Colombo erred in acquitting the 1st and 2nd Respondents of soliciting, accepting gratification, and abetment under sections 19(b) and 19(c) of the Bribery Act. The holding affirmed that the High Court correctly evaluated evidentiary inconsistencies and applied appropriate standards regarding corroboration of police witness testimony, thus upholding the acquittal. The principle reaffirmed is that discrepancies among witnesses and uncorroborated police evidence in bribery cases must