C.A.124/2012 – Savier Santhana Raj alias Bonda v. Attorney General – CA 124/2012-2012

In the case between Savier Santhana Raj alias Bonda (Accused-Appellant) and the Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed whether the accused-appellant was in possession of 26.5 grams of heroin in violation of section 54(A) of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. It was held that the conviction was justified, as minor discrepancies in prosecution witness testimonies did not undermine the overall reliability of the evidence against the accused-appellant. The principle reaffirmed is that minor inconsistencies in witness accounts are not fatal to the prosecution’s case unless such contradictions affect the substantive issues. The judgment relied on established legal precedents and statutory interpretation, emphasizing that only material contradictions capable of casting