Edirisinghe Peruma Arachchilage Sanjeewa Nishantha alias Kasthuri vs Hon. Attorney General – CA 113/2014-2024

In the case between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Complainant-Respondent, represented by the Attorney General) and the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Accused (Appellants), the Court of Appeal considered the validity and reliability of identification parade and dock identification evidence in a prosecution for robbery and murder. The core issues included the effect of procedural irregularities in the identification process and whether the accused participated with common intention in the alleged offenses. The findings established that, notwithstanding procedural infirmities in the identification parades—such as delayed proceedings and issues with participant selection—the evidence as a whole remained reliable and corroborative. It was determined that the direct and circumstantial evide