Devage Thusitha Chamara alias Thilan vs The Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC/0050/2020-2022

In the case between Devage Thusitha Chamara alias Thilan (Accused-Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the core issues addressed were the validity of the conviction and sentence for trafficking and possession of heroin, considering alleged procedural and evidentiary defects. It was held that the conviction and sentence were unsustainable due to improper admission of confessionary and bad character evidence, violations in the chain of custody for the heroin exhibits, and procedural irregularities impinging on the right to a fair trial. The principle reaffirmed is that a fair trial free of prejudicial, inadmissible evidence, and with respect for the integrity of physical evidence, is fundamental to due process of law. This decision relied on the Evidence Ordinan