Cyril Randeniya vs Hon. Attorney General – CA HCC 0026/22-2025

Cyril Randeniya and Hon. Attorney General, the court addressed the issue of the sufficiency of prosecution evidence, specifically whether the decoy’s testimony required corroboration and if a search warrant was necessary during a decoy police operation. It was held that the evidence submitted, particularly the decoy’s account, was adequate, and corroboration was not legally mandatory in these circumstances. The court reaffirmed the principle that decoy evidence, if credible, may suffice for conviction, referencing established case law on the necessity of corroboration in criminal proceedings. The decision emphasized that established judicial standards for evaluating decoy testimony and police procedure were met, thus the conviction and sentence imposed by the High Court were affirmed, and