Daradadagamage Chandraratne Jayawardane alias Shantha v. The Attorney General – CA 85/2013-2018

In the case between the Attorney General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Complainant-Respondent) and Daradadagamage Chandraratne Jayawardane alias Shantha (Accused-Appellant), the court addressed whether the conviction for rape of a minor under section 364(2)(e) of the Penal Code was affected by allegations of judicial bias, procedural irregularities, issues of identification, lack of corroborative evidence, improper shifting of the burden of proof, and inconsistencies in the prosecutrix’s evidence. It was held that none of the grounds raised by the Appellant were sustained; the conviction and sentence were affirmed, and it was determined no miscarriage of justice had occurred. The judgment reaffirmed the principle that a mere prior non-substantive involvement by a trial