Gamage Chandrakumara vs The Attorney General – CA HCC/0284/2017-2022

In the case between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (represented by the Attorney General) and Gamage Chandrakumara (1st Accused-Appellant), the legal issue centered on whether the High Court’s conviction and sentence for murder and robbery were adequately supported by reliable and sufficient evidence, given that the primary witness was an accomplice. It was held that the conviction and sentence were proper, as the accomplice testimony was found to be corroborated by other material evidence, and the legal standards relating to accomplice evidence, corroboration, and common intention were correctly applied. This reaffirmed the principle that while an accomplice’s evidence must be treated with caution, conviction can be based upon it if it is corroborated in material particular