Warnasuriya Mudiyanselage Dilshani Tharundika Warnasuriya Vs. Officer-in-Charge, The Police Station, Pallekelle and others – CA BAIL/41/2021-2021

In the matter of Warnasuriya Mudiyanselage Dilshani Tharundika Warnasuriya v. Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Pallekelle and others, the court addressed whether a suspect, remanded for alleged membership in an unlawful assembly, grievous hurt, and subsequent threats to the complainant in violation of the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 4 of 2015, should be granted bail on the basis of “exceptional circumstances.” The holding established that insufficient and outdated medical evidence regarding the health of the suspect and his family did not amount to exceptional grounds required for bail under the Act. It was reaffirmed that bail in such cases is only permissible where truly exceptional circumstances are compellingly demonstrated. The decision str