Alankarage Dilan Prasanga alias Kannadiya vs The Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC 0079/2020-2025

Alankarage Dilan Prasanga alias Kannadiya (Accused-Appellant) vs. The Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent). The appeal concerned the conviction and life sentence for trafficking and possession of heroin. The core issues were whether the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, focusing on alleged contradictions in the arrest procedure between prosecution witnesses (PW1 and PW3), the proof of the inward journey of materials, and the proper evaluation of the Appellant’s dock statement during the High Court trial.

P. Kumararatnam, J. delivered the judgment, setting aside the conviction and sentence. It was determined that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt due to significant inter se contradictions between PW1 and PW3 regarding the circ