Commission to Investigate Allegations vs Basnayaka Mudiyanselage Ranjith Basnayaka – CA HCC/0037/2019-2023

In the case between the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (and its Director General) and Basnayaka Mudiyanselage Ranjith Basnayaka, the court addressed the issue of conviction and sentencing for multiple bribery charges under the Bribery Act. It was determined that, while the conviction on four counts of bribery was to be maintained based on thorough evidentiary assessment and procedural regularity, sentencing should consider mitigating circumstances, specifically the family situation and care requirements of the appellant’s mentally disabled child. The holding resulted in the original combined sentence of rigorous imprisonment being suspended for 7 years, with rigorous imprisonment imposed for each count and fines and penalties under the Bribery Act upheld. Th