Mohottige Chaminda Lalith Kumara vs Officer in Charge, Police Station, Weeraketiya and others – CA CPA 0103/2024-2024

In the matter of Mohottige Chaminda Lalith Kumara vs Officer in Charge, Police Station, Weeraketiya and others, the court addressed the revision of a Magistrate’s order imposing a fine for possessing Cannabis Sativa, focusing on the conversion of the fine to State costs and the broader implications of the fine on the accused’s military career. The court held that the revision application succeeds, ordering the fine to be treated as State costs, reaffirming the principle that exceptionally severe consequences arising from a disproportionate order can constitute a miscarriage of justice. This decision relied on precedents emphasizing the discretionary nature of revision and the requirement for exceptional circumstances, including Geegana Gamage Chamara Nilanga v Attorney General and Mohamed