Baraniwala Liyanage Sunil alias Wasthuwa alias Diyalape Wasthuwa v. The Hon. Attorney General – CA 30/2009-2017

In the case between Baraniwala Liyanage Sunil alias Wasthuwa alias Diyalape Wasthuwa (Accused-Appellant) and The Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the conviction and death sentence imposed under section 296 read with section 32 of the Penal Code were justified, focusing on the credibility of the dying declaration, identification of the corpus, and the absence of certain prosecution witnesses. It was held that the conviction and sentence were to stand, with the court reaffirming the principle that a consistent and credible dying declaration, corroborated by supporting testimony and properly authenticated corpus identification, suffices for upholding a conviction even when certain witnesses are not called by the prosecution. The decision