The Director General, Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption vs. Weerasekara Aarachchilage Lalith Kumara – CA LTA/0006/16-2023

In the case between the Director General, Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (Complainant-Appellant) and Weerasekara Aarachchilage Lalith Kumara (Accused-Respondent), the court considered whether leave to appeal should be granted against the High Court’s acquittal of the accused. The central issues addressed included the adequacy of the High Court’s instructions regarding the amended indictment, the sufficiency of investigations by the Bribery Commission, and the handling of evidence under the Bribery Act. It was held that the grounds advanced by the complainant did not reveal a material misdirection or error in law which would justify appellate intervention. The principle reaffirmed is that the burden rests on the appellant to demonstrate substantial error caus