Suriya Mudiyanselage Kusuma Attanayaka Vs. The Hon Attorney General and others – CA PHC APN NO: 152/11-2012

In the case between The Hon. Attorney General and Wedikkara Gedera Saranapala, the court addressed the legality of a 15-year rigorous imprisonment sentence imposed on the accused for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 297 of the Penal Code. It was determined that the High Court of Kandy imposed a sentence exceeding the maximum statutory limit of ten years’ rigorous imprisonment for this offence. Upon revision, the court held that the sentence must conform to the prescribed legal maximum, setting aside the original 15-year term and substituting a sentence of ten years. The decision reaffirmed the principle that sentences must strictly adhere to statutory limits, thereby ensuring judicial compliance with legislative provisions. Orders maintaining the fine and compensatio