IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of an application for revision in terms of Article 138 of The Constitution and sections 364 and 365 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979.

Court of Appeal Hon. Attorney General, Revision Application No: Attorney General’s Department, CA/CPA/163/22 Colombo 12.

COMPLAINANT-PETITIONER High Court Colombo Case No: HC/1855/2020 Vs.

Muttettuwage Manjula Prasanna Kumara Perera, No. 123/1, Kadawatta Road, Nedimala, Dehiwala.

ACCUSED-RESPONDENT Before : Sampath B. Abayakoon, J.

: P. Kumararatnam, J.

Counsel : Dilan Rathnayake, S.D.S.G. for the petitioner Argued on : 14-09-2023 Decided on : 04-12-2023 Sampath B. Abayakoon, J.

This is an application by the complainant-petitioner (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner) invoking the revisionary jurisdiction of this Court granted in terms of Article 138 of The Constitution.

The petitioner being the Attorney General of The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is seeking to challenge the order made on 05-04-2022 by the learned High Court Judge of Colombo, wherein, the accused-respondent who was indicted before the High Court of Colombo in case N