Nandani Pushpa Siriwardane vs. Officer-In-Charge Police Station Bulathsinhala et al. – NO.36/2011-2011

In the matter between Nandani Pushpa Siriwardane and Suduhewage Shyama Sunilani (Applicants/Respondents) and the Officer-In-Charge, Police Station Bulathsinhala and Officer-In-Charge, Police Station Matugama (Respondent-Petitioners), the court addressed whether the High Court Judge of Kalutara was correct in ordering exemplary costs against police officers and referring proceedings to the Attorney General and Inspector General of Police in a habeas corpus application, given that the alleged corpus was in judicial custody at the time of filing. It was determined that habeas corpus relief was not available while the corpus was in judicial custody, and the High Court Judge had erred by granting further relief beyond dismissal of the application. Reliance was placed on Senthilnayagam v. Senevi