Karunapedige Dimuthu Roshan Vs. The Attorney General – CA HCC/0248/16-2022

In the case between the Attorney General, representing the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Plaintiff/Complainant), and Karunapedige Dimuthu Roshan (Defendant/Accused-Appellant), the court considered whether the conviction and life imprisonment sentence for possession of 2.25 grams of heroin under the Poisons Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (as amended by Act No 13 of 1984) was justified. Central legal issues included the sufficiency and reliability of prosecution evidence, the alleged wrongful rejection and misdirection regarding defence evidence, and the impact of not calling a police witness listed by the prosecution. It was held that the conviction and sentence were properly imposed, reaffirming the principle that convictions may be sustained on the basis of credible, co