Ajith v. Attorney General – sllr 2009 volume 1 page 023

In the case between Ajith and the Attorney General, the court addressed the issue of whether the victim’s uncorroborated evidence could be relied upon to convict the accused in a rape case where credibility was in doubt. It was held that sole reliance on such uncorroborated testimony, especially when contradicted by independent medical evidence and inconsistent with the complainant’s own account, is unsafe. The judgment reaffirmed the principle that corroboration is required where the witness’s reliability is questionable. This approach was supported by the evaluation of medical expert testimony, with the court placing weight only on opinions from independent experts and discounting opinions from non-independent sources. The decision resulted in the acquittal of the accused-appellant, unde