The Hon. Attorney General vs. Dasanayaka Gunaratne Basnayake and Mudiyanselage Deepthi Wijebandara – CA HCC/213/2016-2022

In the case between the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent) and Dasanayaka Gunaratne Basnayake Mudiyanselage Deepthi Wijebandara (Accused-Appellant), the court addressed the sufficiency of evidence and the propriety of sentencing following a conviction for armed robbery. The court affirmed the conviction based on reliable eyewitness identification and corroborative testimony from an independent jeweler, and held that the sentences should be served concurrently rather than consecutively. The principle confirmed was that where no substantive contest against the conviction exists but sentencing is challenged, sentences may be modified in the interests of justice and rehabilitation. Reliance was placed on the established law regarding witness identification, sufficiency of corrobora