Jayasinghe Mudiyansalage Gamini Dayaratne v. The Honourable Attorney General – CA – HCC 175/2018-2022

In the case between Jayasinghe Mudiyansalage Gamini Dayaratne (Accused-Appellant) and The Honourable Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed whether a sentence of 15 years rigorous imprisonment and associated penalties for committing intercrural sex on a 15-year-old boy under Section 365B(2)(b) of the Penal Code was excessive and warranted reduction on appeal. It was held that the circumstances did not justify the severity of the original sentence, given no violence, no injury, the amicable relationship between the parties, the absence of a complaint by the victim, and the appellant’s lack of prior convictions. The sentence was substituted with a more proportionate penalty, aligning with the statutory minimum, thereby reaffirming the principle of individualized and p