Sarath Wimalaweera vs. Attorney General – sllr 2015 volume 1 page 379

In Sarath Wimalaweera (Accused-Petitioner) vs. Attorney General, the court addressed whether a revision application to mitigate or set aside a sentence was maintainable where the petitioner, having pleaded guilty to multiple indictments of cheating under Penal Code Section 403, sought relief under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code. It was held that the existence of an alternative remedy of appeal precluded revisionary intervention in the absence of exceptional circumstances. The principle reaffirmed was that judicial revision is available only in situations where miscarriage of justice is manifest and cannot be corrected through ordinary appellate procedures. This decision relied on established precedents on revisionary jurisdiction, judicial discretion in sentencing, and the nece