Perumal Sudesh v Inspector of Excise – CA PHC/APN/1/22-2022

In the matter between Inspector of Excise, Excise Office, Kasbawa; Hon. Attorney General (Complainant/Respondents) and Perumal Sathis Kumar (Petitioner), the court examined whether the High Court of Homagama’s order dated 08.11.2021, which refused bail to a suspect under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Act No. 13 of 1984, should be revised. The primary legal issue involved the sufficiency of evidence and procedural fairness concerning the failure of excise officers to specify the location of heroin found on the suspect, and whether such an omission amounted to an “exceptional circumstance” justifying release on bail. Upon review of the facts, statutory provisions, and relevant precedents, it was held that the omission in the investigative report, coupled with extended pre-trial dete