Sivagurunadan kamaladasan vs Chief Inspector The Officer in Charge, Criminal Investigation Unit, Police Station, Peradeniya – CA BAIL/06/2022-2022

In the case between the Chief Inspector, Officer in Charge, Criminal Investigation Unit, Police Station, Peradeniya (complainant-respondent, supported by the Hon. Attorney General) and Sivagurunadan Kamaladasan (suspect-petitioner, second suspect in Magistrate’s Court case), the court addressed the issue of whether bail should be granted under Section 10(1)(a) of the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crimes and Witnesses Act No 4 of 2015. The court held that the bail applications should be allowed, determining that the allegations, the defense of alibi, the responding evidence (specifically tower location data), and absence of substantial further objection satisfied the requirements for “exceptional circumstances” necessary for bail under the statute. This decision reaffirmed the