Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka v. Kalabandanage Sumedha Lakmal – CA PHC APN 114/2015-2018

In the case between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Represented by the Hon. Attorney General) and Kalabandanage Sumedha Lakmal, the Court considered whether the High Court’s sentence for double homicide, entered upon the accused-petitioner’s plea to a lesser charge of culpable homicide due to grave and sudden provocation, conformed with the law, and whether the directive to deduct pre-conviction remand time from the sentence was valid absent a statutory provision. The findings established that no manifest illegality or error was present in the High Court’s sentencing and that the deduction order was not supported by law. Furthermore, it was established that, although delay in seeking revision could be overcome in cases of manifest error or absence of jurisdiction, such circ