Menik Pedige Sunil Wickramasinghe et al. vs The Attorney General – CA HCC 0490/2017-2022

In the case between the Attorney General, representing the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Plaintiff/Respondent), and Menik Pedige Sunil Wickramasinghe, Ranhawadige Jayaweera alias Pollekaththe Jayaweera, Karunage Nimal Ranatunga alias Samantha, Jayasinghage Chandrarathna Gunasiri, and Ranhawadige Jayatunga alias Seetha (Accused-Appellants), the court addressed the issues concerning the reliability of identification by a sole eyewitness, the admissibility and prejudicial impact of section 27 evidence, the legal propriety of convictions on multiple counts arising from the same transaction, and the sufficiency of evidence to establish the involvement and intention of each accused. It was held that the eyewitness identification was credible and supported by medical evidence, that