Madawala Liyanage Sunil v. Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC/0224/2019-2022

In the case between Madawala Liyanage Sunil (Appellant/Accused) and the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant/Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the appellant’s conviction for rape under section 364(2) of the Penal Code was sustainable based on the reliability of the prosecutrix’s evidence and the overall strength of the prosecution’s case. The court found that the conviction was unsafe due to inconsistencies in the evidence of the prosecutrix, the questionable initiation of the police complaint by a third party, and the lack of corroborative or credible supporting evidence, thereby failing to meet the standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt. The conviction and sentence were set aside, and the appellant was acquitted. The ruling reaffirmed the principle that when material