Attorney General v. Ranasinghe and Others – sllr 1993 volume 2 page 081

In The Attorney-General v. Ranasinghe and others, the Court of Appeal addressed whether its revisionary jurisdiction under Section 364 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act could be exercised despite the Attorney-General not invoking the appellate right under Section 15(b) of the Judicature Act. The proceedings involved the aggravated offences of abduction and repeated rape of an 11-year-old girl. Upon review of the High Court’s sentencing, including suspended terms, revised custodial sentences were imposed to reflect the gravity of the crimes and uphold public interest in deterrence. The authority for such revision was reaffirmed under the criminal procedure framework, emphasizing that serious offences warrant substantive custodial penalties rather than leniency through suspension.

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