Daulkarage Dhanushika Lakmali vs Hon. Attorney General – HCC/022/19-2022

In the case between the Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12 (Plaintiff/Complainant-Respondent) and Daulkarage Dhanushika Lakmali (Defendant/Accused-Appellant), the court addressed whether the prosecution had established the chain of production (chain of custody) in a drug-related prosecution and whether alleged inconsistencies in evidence and improper judicial assessment warranted overturning the conviction. The court held that the chain of custody had been sufficiently established through unchallenged police testimony and documentary evidence; further, the minor inconsistencies highlighted were not material and did not affect the prosecution’s case. The legal reasoning reinforced that failure to have certain witnesses identify productions or to call retired go