Selladurai Thilakeswaram alias Sugun alias Karan alias Sudan vs The Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC/0365/2017-2023

In the case between Selladurai Thilakeswaram alias Sugun alias Karan alias Sudan (Accused-Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed the admissibility of evidence under Section 27(1) of the Evidence Ordinance and the sufficiency of trial court reasoning in criminal judgments. It was held that the extracted portion of the appellant’s statement did not adequately connect the appellant to the firearm or ammunition and that the trial court’s judgment, being a mere recital of facts without analytical assessment, failed to meet judicial standards. The conviction and sentence were set aside and the appellant was acquitted. The decision reaffirms the principle that a judgment must provide reasoned and analytical conclusions and complies with established