Wadduwa Pathiranage Thilakaratne alias Sudu Seeya vs The Hon. Attorney General – CA PHC APN NO: 75/2011-2012

In the matter between Wadduwa Pathiranage Thilakaratne alias Sudu Seeya (Petitioner) and the Hon. Attorney General and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Respondents), the court addressed whether the sentences imposed on the accused for three counts should be ordered to run concurrently from the date of imposition. The holding established that, as the charges for counts two and three arose during the commission of the offence under count one, and there being no objection from the State, all sentences were directed to be carried out concurrently from the date of imposition. This outcome reaffirmed the principle that, in such circumstances, concurrent sentencing is appropriate, with reliance on the factual overlap of the offences as the main reasoning. The decision ensures that