Sheela Sinharage v. The Attorney General – sllr 1985 volume 1 page 001

In the case between Sheela Sinharage (Plaintiff) and The Attorney-General (Defendant), the court addressed the admissibility of a dying deposition not formally produced in evidence and the requirements for proper corroboration under the Evidence Ordinance and the Code of Criminal Procedure. It was held that the uncorroborated dying deposition, recorded by Dr. (Mrs.) Waas and later perused by the trial judge without being formally admitted, was insufficient to sustain the conviction, highlighting the necessity that such evidence be independently corroborated and properly introduced. The holding reaffirmed the principle that the standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt cannot be met where substantive evidence is improperly handled or devoid of required corroboration, drawing upon establishe