Benthara Liyange Darmaratne v. Hon Attorney General – CA MC/RV/15/2015-2015

In the case between Benthara Liyange Darmaratne (plaintiff) and the Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12 (defendant), the court considered whether sentences imposed in a series of Magistrate’s Court Colombo cases, specifically the 3rd charge/count for disposal of stolen property, should be altered or removed as agreed by both parties. It was determined that the sentences and the 3rd charge/count in each referenced case should be deleted, in accordance with the joint request of the parties. The decision reaffirmed the principle that when both parties consent to the alteration or deletion of specific charges and sentences, judicial orders may be made to give effect to such agreement. Orders were issued for deletion, and the Registrar was directed to communicate th