Kukul Korala Gamage Gamini Premakumara vs Hon. Attorney General – CA/HCC/0061-0062/2019-2025

In the case between the Attorney General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Complainant-Respondent) and Kukul Korala Gamage Gamini Premakumara and Senanayakage Sarath Kumara (Accused-Appellants), the court examined the proper evaluation of direct and circumstantial evidence, including the reliability and credibility of the sole eyewitness, and assessed the application of legal principles concerning circumstantial evidence and common intention. It was held that the conviction for murder against the 1st accused should be affirmed, as evidence established active participation and a conclusive inference of guilt. For the 2nd accused, it was determined that the evidence did not reveal a shared murderous intention and therefore the conviction was substituted for voluntarily causi