Thebuwana Complainant vs Wellichoru Hewage Renuka Damayanthi – CA PHC APN: 33/2017-2018

In the case between The Officer in Charge, Police Station, Thebuwana and United Granite Products (Private) Limited along with Star Construction and State Engineering Corporation, the court examined whether the revisionary jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal could be invoked following the High Court’s refusal to set aside a Magistrate’s order made under section 98(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979. The court held that the absence of exceptional circumstances precluded interference by way of revision, reinforcing the principle that such circumstances are a strict precondition for invoking the Court of Appeal’s revisionary powers. Reliance was placed on authorities including Rasheed Ali v Mohamed Ali and related precedents, confirming that preliminary objections related