Jayawardena Kankanamlage Wijepala vs. The Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC/0130/2018-2022

In the case between Jayawardena Kankanamlage Wijepala (Accused-Appellant) and The Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the primary issues addressed were the sufficiency of evidence concerning the date of the alleged rape, the credibility and probability of prosecution witnesses, and the alleged improper rejection of the defence case. It was held that the prosecution sufficiently established the time period of the offence as charged, and that minor discrepancies in the evidence did not affect the substance of the case. The testimony of the victim was found consistent and credible, and the reasoning for the rejection of the defence was affirmed as proper. The conviction under Section 364(2) of the Penal Code, along with the sentence, was upheld, reaffirming the principle that in s