Loku Arumage Nimal Jayasinghe vs. The Attorney General – CA HCC/0254/16-2023

In the case between Loku Arumage Nimal Jayasinghe (Appellant) and the Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the prosecution had successfully established the appellant’s exclusive possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition discovered during a raid at the appellant’s residence. It was held that the conviction and sentence should be affirmed, as the evidence demonstrated the appellant’s actual and exclusive possession of the impugned items. The principles reaffirmed included the proper application of section 27 of the Evidence Ordinance and the weight attributed to both prosecution and dock evidence in criminal proceedings. The decision emphasized that established judicial standards for evaluating the credibility of witness testimony and the handling