Loku Kumarage Janidu Wathsara vs S. Akbar, Sub Inspector of Police and others – SC FRA 79/2019-2025

In the matter of Loku Kumarage Janidu Wathsara, represented initially by his mother and uncle, against S. Akbar (1st Respondent), the Officer-in-Charge (2nd Respondent), and the Superintendent of Police (3rd Respondent), the court addressed alleged violations of fundamental rights under Article 12(1) and Article 13(1) of the Constitution. The court held that no sufficient merit was found to conclude that the petitioner’s fundamental rights were violated, reaffirming the principle that arrests based on sufficient reasons are lawful. This decision relied on the interpretation of Articles 12(1) and 13(1) of the Constitution and the definitions within the Children and Young Person’s Ordinance (CYPO) then in force, emphasizing that the petitioner, being 17 years and 2 months old at the time of