Jayasinghe Mudalige Don Nalin Palitha and others Vs. Hon.Attorney-General – CA PHC APN.74/2012-2012

In the case between Hon. Attorney-General and Jayasinghe Mudalige Don Nalin Palitha (with Randeni Pathirannahalage Dinesh Upul and Udugampalage Ranga alias Beranige Putha), the court addressed whether the sentence of six years’ rigorous imprisonment for attempted murder should be revised under Article 138 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka. The holding established that insufficient grounds had been demonstrated to warrant revision or reduction of sentence, thus the application for revision was dismissed. This reaffirmed the principle that appellate review via revision requires substantive justification for interference with a trial court’s decision. The decision relied on the procedural requirements of Article 138 and emphasized the necessity for cogent reasons in seeking revision of crimina