Rankothpedige Harindra Prasad Vs. Hon. Attorney General – CA PHC APN 81/2015-2018

In the case between Rankothpedige Harindra Prasad (Accused-Petitioner) and the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed whether an accused tried and convicted in absentia for offences under sections 354 and 363(e) of the Penal Code is entitled to seek revisionary relief from the Court of Appeal. It was held that the accused, having engaged in contumacious conduct by willfully avoiding the judicial process and failing to disclose material facts, could not invoke the court’s discretionary revisionary jurisdiction. The principle affirmed is that parties who deliberately evade court proceedings and suppress material facts are barred from equitable relief. This decision was grounded in established procedural rules regarding revisionary jurisdiction, referencing the ne