Rankoth Pedige Suresh Chandana Kumara v. Hon. Attorney General and Naththandige Thushara Preemal Fernando – CA PHC APN 101/2015-2015

In the case between Rankoth Pedige Suresh Chandana Kumara (1st Accused-Petitioner) and the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed whether the 1st Accused-Petitioner’s revision application should be entertained despite a significant delay after conviction, and whether any exceptional circumstances justified invoking the Court of Appeal’s revisionary jurisdiction. It was concluded that revisionary jurisdiction is an extraordinary remedy to be exercised only in cases demonstrating exceptional circumstances. The application, filed more than one year after conviction without explanation for the delay or exhaustion of the standard appeal process, failed to meet the established threshold. The principle reaffirmed is that revision cannot substitute the appellate proces