Ramasamy Yohan Jayantha vs Officer in Charge Police Station Akmeemana – CA BAIL/32/22-2022

In the case between Ramasamy Yohan Jayantha (Petitioner) and the Officer in Charge, Police Station Akmeemana and the Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether bail should be granted to a suspect accused of child sexual abuse, under the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act. The court held that, considering the gravity of the offence and subsequent conduct involving threats, exceptional circumstances justifying the grant of bail were not established. This determination reaffirmed the principle that bail, in cases involving grave criminal allegations—particularly offences against minors—requires demonstrably exceptional circumstances. The decision relied on statutory interpretation of the relevant Act and judicial precedent, emphasi