JUDGMENT

P. Kumararatnam, J.

The above-named Accused-Appellant (hereinafter referred as the Appellant) was indicted by the Attorney General in the High Court of Colombo under Sections 54A (b) and 54A (d) of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance as amended by Act No.13 of 1984 for the Trafficking and for being in Possession of respectively 2.18 grams of Heroin (Diacetylmorphine) on 29^th April 2015.

Following the trial, the Appellant was found guilty on both counts and the learned High Court Judge of Colombo has imposed a sentence of life imprisonment on him on the 24th of June 2020.

Being aggrieved by the aforesaid conviction and sentence, the Appellant preferred this appeal to this court.

The learned Counsel for the Appellant informed this court that the Appellant has given consent for this matter to be argued in his absence. During the argument he has been connected via Zoom platform from prison.

The learned Counsel, even though he raised several grounds of appeal in his written submissions, restricted his argument to the following 03 grounds of appeal.

1. That the prosecution has failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.

2. The inward journey of the materials has not