Dulip and Others vs. Attorney General – sllr 2021 volume 3 page 412

In the case between Dulip and Others (Plaintiffs) and the Attorney General (Defendant), the court addressed the admissibility of confessional evidence obtained by police, the adequacy of jury instructions regarding contradictory evidence and gang rape, and whether judicial misdirections undermined the jury verdict. The conviction and sentence were set aside, with all accused acquitted. The findings reaffirmed that confessions barred by section 25 of the Evidence Ordinance must be excluded, proper direction must be provided to juries on contradictory evidence, and insufficient evidence for group offenses invalidates related convictions. Reliance was placed on established precedent including Obiyas Appuhamy v. Queen, Anandagoda v. Queen, and Punchi Banda v. The State, underlining that improp