Wickrama Arachchilage Dhammika Karunaratne Vs The Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC/0400/2017-2023

In Attorney General v. Wickrama Arachchilage Dhammika Karunaratne, the court examined criminal charges relating to rape and cruelty to children, with primary focus on the conviction of the 2nd accused under Section 308(A)(2) of the Penal Code for cruelty. The central legal issues surrounded the evaluation and admissibility of evidence, especially child witness testimony and expert medical evidence, as well as the application of legal maxims such as “Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus,” and the appropriateness of the High Court’s evaluation of the evidence and burden of proof. It was held that the grounds of appeal were not meritorious, the evidence had been correctly evaluated, and important legal principles involving credibility and evaluation of witness testimonies had been properly observ