Subramaniam Mohan alias Iseya Amudan Vs. The Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC/187/2017-2022

In the case between The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Represented by the Honourable Attorney General) and Subramaniam Mohan alias Iseya Amudan, the court addressed whether the prosecution discharged the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, specifically relating to charges of murder, attempted murder, and unlawful possession of a firearm. It was determined that the conviction, predominantly based on uncorroborated police testimony regarding weapon recovery, could not be sustained given the absence of reliable identification, corroboration by other witnesses, or conclusive circumstantial evidence. The judgment reaffirmed the legal principle that, despite the possibility of accepting trustworthy uncorroborated testimony in certain cases, convictions must not rest on eviden