Rajasinghe Gamage Ashoka Udaya Nayanananda vs Hon. Attorney General – HCC/232/19-2022

In the case between Rajasinghe Gamage Ashoka Udaya Nayanananda (Accused-Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed the sufficiency of expert evidence in convicting an accused under Section 454 read with 459 of the Penal Code for using as genuine a forged document. It was held that expert evidence, such as a handwriting analyst’s report, cannot on its own sustain a conviction for using a forged document unless supported by corroborative substantive evidence. This decision reaffirmed the principle that expert opinion is merely advisory and must be corroborated by independent evidence before it can form the basis of a conviction. Reliance was placed on established local authority, emphasizing that convictions cannot rest solely on expert opinion. Th