Hiriyadeniyage Susantha Rohana Vs. The Hon. Attorney General and others – 13/2016-2016

In the case between Hiriyadeniyage Susantha Rohana (plaintiff/prisoner) and the Hon. Attorney General and others (defendants/respondents), the central issue addressed was whether sentences imposed by the Magistrate’s Court of Mathugama in respect of two counts across nine separate cases could be ordered to run concurrently by way of revision under Article 138 of the Constitution. The matter arose following a Supreme Court direction for the Court of Appeal to consider the issue as a revision application, due to missing original records from the lower court. The findings established that, notwithstanding the procedural lapse, concurrent sentences were justified given the petitioner’s circumstances, as there was no objection from State Counsel and the facts warranted judicial intervention. Th