Manori Prasangika Wickramaarachchi v. Hon. Attorney General – CA PHC APN NO 0116/2020-2022

In Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo v. Manori Prasangika Wickramaarachchi, the court examined whether the refusal by the High Court to send a contested document to the Examiner of Questioned Documents for expert analysis constituted an error, under revision jurisdiction pursuant to Article 138 of the Constitution and section 364 of the Criminal Procedure Code. It was determined that expert analysis of a disputed document (specifically regarding alleged post-drafting insertions) could be crucial when fairness and the presumption of innocence are at stake, and that procedural delay alone should not preclude such examination. Citing section 73 of the Evidence Ordinance and relevant precedent, including Gadakanda v. Attorney General, the court set aside the High Co