Monika Fenando, Ajith Priyankara Perera, Neville Roshana Peiris, Sugath Krishantha Appu vs Attorney General – CA 03-06/2005-2016

In the case between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (represented by the Attorney General) and Monika Fernando, Ajith Priyankara Perera, Neville Roshana Peiris, and Sugath Krishantha Appu, the court addressed issues concerning procedural regularity in the alteration of jury trial options, the admissibility and sufficiency of conditional pardon evidence, compliance with jury separation and affirmation procedures, and the adequacy of the judge’s charge to the jury. It was held that there was no illegality or irregularity in the change of trial option effected through counsel, that the use and corroboration of testimony from an accomplice witness who received a conditional pardon were consistent with legal standards, that minor procedural deviations in jury separation did not pr