Geekiyanage Sunil Padmasiri de Silva vs The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.. – CA 197/2010-2013

In the case between The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Geekiyanage Sunil Padmasiri de Silva, the court addressed the issue of the sufficiency and credibility of evidence in charges of kidnapping and rape of a minor. It was held that the testimony of the prosecutrix was credible and capable of sustaining a conviction without corroboration, and that the defense’s version lacked plausibility. The principle established confirms that credible evidence from the prosecutrix may be sufficient to establish charges of rape beyond a reasonable doubt. Reliance was placed on case law articulating the standard for assessing the reliability of a prosecutrix’s testimony in sexual offence cases, reinforcing the sufficiency of uncorroborated credible evidence for conviction.

Sisira J de Abr