Elangakoon vs Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Eppawala and Another – sllr 2007 volume 1 page 398

The case between Elangakoon and the Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Eppawala and Another addressed the validity of lodging an appeal against a conviction prior to sentencing, examining whether jurisdiction existed for such an appeal under section 320(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It was held that an appeal must be filed against a final judgment—which comprises both conviction and sentence—rendering an appeal limited to a conviction order premature and incompetent. The court further found that the petitioner neither exhausted prescribed legal remedies nor complied with procedural requirements, such as filing requisite documents or properly pleading exceptional circumstances necessary to invoke revisionary jurisdiction. The principle reaffirmed is that appellate and revisionary re