Dukgannarala Mudiyanselage Sanjeevani Vinoja Kumari v. Officer In Charge, Crimes Investigation Section, Police Station, Gampaha – CA PHC APN 93/2015-2016

In the case between Dukgannarala Mudiyanselage Sanjeevani Vinoja Kumari (petitioner) and the Officer In Charge, Crimes Investigation Section, Police Station Gampaha, the Hon. Attorney General, and Kumara Bandara Mudiyanselage Dilshan Sadeepa Bandara (respondents), the issue was whether the petitioner, as the mother of the 3rd suspect, had locus standi to maintain a revision application seeking bail for her son following the High Court’s denial of bail. It was held that a revision application of this nature must be supported by legal grounds relevant to the suspect, not merely personal hardship or interest of the petitioner. The principle reaffirmed is that only parties adversely affected in their own right by court orders, or with a sufficient legal interest, may maintain such applications