Alagan Sasitharan vs The Attorney General – HCC 107/15-2023

In the case between Alagan Sasitharan (Accused-Appellant) and the Attorney General (Respondent), the central issue involved the reliability and admissibility of dying declarations as critical evidence in a murder conviction. The findings established that the evidence presented at trial, including multiple witness testimonies and the deceased’s consistent dying declarations, was sufficient to uphold the conviction and sentence. The legal principle reaffirmed is that, where corroborative evidence exists, dying declarations may be relied upon in sustaining a conviction. Precedents such as Ranasinghe v Attorney-General and relevant statutory provisions were referenced, confirming the evidentiary validity of the statements in question. The outcome emphasized that appellate intervention is unwar