Ranjith Amarasinghe Vs Hon. Attorney General – CA REV/CPA/36/21-2021

In the case between the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant/Respondent) and Ranjith Amarasinghe (Accused/Petitioner), the court addressed whether the High Court’s order dated 16.10.2020 should be revised, particularly examining the availability of “exceptional circumstances” to justify the court’s revisionary jurisdiction. The petitioner contended that the criminal court was bound by a previous civil court judgment that upheld the genuineness of a disputed document. Upon review, it was held that criminal courts are not bound by civil court findings where the Supreme Court’s refusal of leave hinged purely on procedural grounds, and that a revision application cannot be sustained when an appeal right exists and has already been exercised, unless truly exceptional circumstances are shown. The