Withana Weerasinghe Arachchige Wijeweera alias Baby vs. The Attorney General – CA HCC/390/2019-2022

In the case between The Attorney General (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) as Respondent and Withana Weerasinghe Arachchige Wijeweera alias Baby as Appellant, the court considered whether the High Court Judge properly evaluated the admissibility and credibility of a dying deposition, whether a single injury could support a conviction for murder on the basis of intention or knowledge, and whether a causal link between injury and death was established. The conviction was based on a combination of direct eyewitness testimony and corroborative dying declarations made to both a relative and a police officer. It was held that the evidence sufficiently established the appellant’s guilt, confirming the conviction for murder. The principle was reaffirmed that motive is not an essential e