Gamini Guruge alias Lal Guruge vs. Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Hikkaduwa – CPA/0079/23-2024

In the case between Gamini Guruge alias Lal Guruge (Accused-Appellant-Petitioner) and the Excise Inspector, Galle (Complainant/Respondent), the court addressed the issue of the maintainability of a revision application filed challenging convictions under the Excise Ordinance related to possession of unlawfully manufactured liquor. It was held that the revision application should be dismissed due to the petitioner’s failure to utilize available appellate remedies, absence of adequate justification for procedural delays, and lack of exceptional grounds warranting revision. The decision reaffirmed the principle that discretionary revisionary jurisdiction will not be exercised where statutory remedies were disregarded without reasonable cause, relying on appellate rules and precedential standa