Kahengoda Mudiyanselage Rangani Saman Rupasinghe v. Hon Attorney General et al. – CA REVISION CASE NO. 110/15-2016

In the case between Kahengoda Mudiyanselage Rangani Saman Rupasinghe (petitioner) and the Hon. Attorney General, Officer-in-Charge, Police Station Kahawatta, Officer-in-Charge, Homicide Unit, CID, and Jayakody Arachchilage Aruna Nilantha Jayasinghe (respondents), the court addressed whether the continued remand of the 1st Suspect-Respondent was justified and whether bail should be granted after one year in remand and the filing of the plaint in the Magistrate’s Court. It was held that the refusal of bail by the High Court was not warranted in the given circumstances, and bail ought to be allowed under stringent conditions, emphasizing the appropriateness of bail where delay or prolonged remand is demonstrated, especially when the prosecution no longer objects. The decision reaffirmed the p