Weerawardene and Two Others v. Attorney General – sllr 1997 volume 3 page 106

In the case between Weerawardene and two others (plaintiffs) and the Attorney-General (defendant), the court addressed the admissibility and reliability of evidence surrounding the alleged murder of a police constable, including the use of a post-mortem report comprising informal contemporaneous notes, and the sufficiency of evidence from a sole, infirm eyewitness. It was held that the prosecution failed to establish the requisite nexus between the accused and the commission of the fatal act, in part due to procedural violations concerning documentary evidence, ambiguous testimony, and failure to indict all alleged participants. The principles governing the admissibility of documentary exhibits under section 414 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act and the requirements for imposing vicari