Don Susantha Wijenayake v. The Attorney General – CA PHC APN 125/2015-2015

In the case between The Attorney General (Plaintiff) and Don Susantha Wijenayake, among others (Defendants), the court addressed whether the 2nd Accused-Petitioner was entitled to revision and mitigation of sentence for the conviction of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, considering claims of exceptional circumstances and the delay in filing the revision application. It was determined that the Petitioner failed to justify the inordinate delay of over two years in filing the revision and did not utilize the prescribed appeal mechanism under Section 331 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The court ruled that no miscarriage of justice existed regarding the sentence imposed by the High Court, and the application for revision was dismissed with costs. The decision reaffirmed that mitigati