Meneri Gamage Don Amila Udayanga Vs. Officer in Charge, Police Station, Thellippalai & Hon. Attorney General – CPA/74/22-2021

The case between Meneri Gamage Don Amila Udayanga, Akmeemana Pathirage Dharshanika Sandamali (Petitioners) and the Officer in Charge, Police Station Thellippalai, and the Hon. Attorney General (Respondents) concerned whether exceptional circumstances warranted interference with a High Court order refusing bail to the 1st petitioner, who was remanded on charges related to heroin possession. The Court held that the existence of an indictment and a fixed trial date did not present exceptional grounds to justify revision of the High Court’s decision, reaffirming the principle that revisionary powers should only be exercised in clear cases of legal error or jurisdictional defect. Reliance was placed on statutory requirements for bail under the Drugs Act, and it was emphasized that disputed fact