Gunaratne Mudiyanselage Jayaratne vs. Hon Attorney General – CA MC RV/21/2016-2016

In the case between Gunaratne Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (Petitioner) and the Hon Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12 (Respondent), the court considered whether convictions and sentences for cheating and criminal misappropriation imposed by the Magistrate’s Court of Kesbewa should be affirmed or partially set aside in accordance with counsel’s agreement. It was determined that, upon the consent of both parties, the sentence for the second charge of criminal misappropriation in each of sixteen specified Magistrate’s Court cases would be deleted. This approach upholds judicial discretion to modify convictions or sentences based on joint representations and agreement before the appellate court, in line with procedural propriety. The decision directs communication of the o