Rengasamy Yogeshwaran vs Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC 0013/2022-2023

In the case between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Complainant/Respondent) and Rengasamy Yogeshwaran (Accused/Appellant), the court considered an appeal concerning the sentencing imposed for convictions under Section 331(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Article 138 of the Constitution. The main legal issue addressed was the propriety and extent of the sentence for the charges on which the accused had been found guilty. It was held that the accused, having been produced in court via the Zoom platform without counsel present, was subject to re-sentencing through short-date proceedings limited to the issue of sentence. Following the review of both oral and written submissions, the appellate judgment varied the original sentence by imposing 10 years’ rigorous imprisonm