IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of an Appeal made under Section 331 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979 against a Judgment of the High Court Gampaha The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka COMPLAINANT Court of Appeal Case No: - CA-HCC-0227-18 High Court of Gampaha Case No: - HC/297/2004 Vs.

01.Liyanage Lalitha Rohan Perera

02.Bope Kankanamalage Shanthi alias Eldeniye Sheela Shanthi ACCUSED AND NOW BETWEEN Bope Kankanamalage Shanthi alias Eldeniye Sheela Shanthi

02nd ACCUSED-APPELLANT Vs.

Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12 RESPONDENT Before : - Menaka Wijesundera, J.

B. Sasi Mahendran, J.

Counsel : - Palitha Fernando, P.C. with Neranjan Jayasinghe for the Accused-Appellant.

Dilan Ratnayake, S.D.S.G. for the Respondent.

Written : - 24.06.2019 by the Accused-Appellant.

Submissions on 27.06.2019 by the Respondent.

Argued on : - 07.09.2023 Decided on : - 10.10.2023 Menaka Wijesundera, J.

The instant appeal has been lodged to set aside the judgment dated 17.9.2018 of the High Court of Gampaha.

The accused appellant (hereinafter referred to as the appellant) has been indicted in the High Court