W. D. Marks Wanigasekera v. Hon. Attorney General, Police OIC, Thalangama Police, and Commissioner General of Prison – CA PHC/197/15-2015

In the case between Police OIC, Thalangama Police and the Hon. Attorney General (with the Commissioner General of Prisons as respondent) and W. D. Marks Wanigasekera, the court addressed whether sentences arising from four separate criminal matters could be ordered to run concurrently or must be consecutive, as stipulated under Section 300 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act. It was held that sentences imposed for offences arising from separate transactions must run consecutively, reaffirming the principle that judicial discretion is restricted by statutory limitations where multiple, unrelated convictions are involved. The decision relied on relevant statutory provisions and established case law, notably Weerawarnakula v The Republic of Sri Lanka, emphasizing that absence of connection