Don.Shamantha Jude Anthony Jayamaha Vs. Hon Attorney General (Royal Park Murder Case) – sllr 2012 volume 2 page 236

In the case between Don Shamantha Jude Anthony Jayamaha (Accused/Appellant) and the Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed whether a conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder was sustainable where the prosecution case relied predominantly on circumstantial evidence. It was held that the totality of credible evidence—including palm print and photographic evidence, as well as the circumstances surrounding the accused’s movements—supported a finding of murderous intention rather than culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The legal principle reaffirmed centers on the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt and the proper application of section 79 of the Penal Code concerning intoxication. This decision emphasized that, w