Ranatunga Mudiyanselage Udeni Bandara Ranatunga vs. The Hon. Attorney General – CA 252/2018-2021

In the case between Ranatunga Mudiyanselage Udeni Bandara Ranatunga (Accused-Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed the identification of the accused in a sexual offence and the sufficiency of evidence regarding the conviction. The court held that the identity of the accused was established beyond reasonable doubt and upheld the credibility of the prosecutrix’s evidence. It was determined that neither the absence of corroborative evidence nor discrepancies between medical and prosecutorial testimony vitiated the conviction, provided the evidence was convincing and consistent. This decision reaffirmed the principle that material contradictions, not minor inconsistencies, are significant in evaluating witness credibility in sexual offence cases