Wimala Perera vs. Rathnayaka Mudayanselage Nisshanka Jayasinghe and others – CA CPA 126/2022-2025

In the matter of Wimala Perera and Rathnayaka Mudayanselage Nisshanka Jayasinghe and others, with the Attorney General as Complainant Respondent, the court addressed the issue of exercising revisionary jurisdiction in the presence of significant and unexplained delay. It was held that an inordinate and unjustified delay in filing a revision application constitutes a bar to the exercise of revisionary powers under Section 364 of the Criminal Procedure Code. This decision reaffirmed the principle that parties seeking revision must act without undue delay, relying on precedents such as *Rajapakse v. The State* and *Camillus Ignatious vs. OIC of Uhana Police Stations*. The application was dismissed due to the petitioner’s failure to explain the delay.

B. Sasi Mahendran, J. – A judgment was