Adhikari Heeraluge Thusitha Pathum Vs. Officer in charge, Police Station, Marawila and others – CA PHC/APN 74/2021-2021

In Officer in charge, Police Station, Marawila v. Adhikari Heeraluge Thusitha Pathum, the court addressed the issue of whether the refusal by the High Court to grant revision to a suspect charged with possession of a substantial quantity of heroin involved any illegality, procedural irregularity, or impropriety that would justify intervention by the appellate court’s revisionary jurisdiction. The holding affirmed that, absent exceptional circumstances apparent from the materials before the primary court—not those introduced for the first time on revision—no basis exists for exercising such jurisdiction. The principle relied upon was that revisionary remedies are exceptional and demand evident failures of justice, referencing appellate case law and procedural standards. This decision unders