Warnakulasuriya Wijesinghe Chathura Manaram Perera Gunathilake vs. Officer in Charge, Public Complaints Division, CID – CA/WRIT/518/2024-2024

In the case between Warnakulasuriya Wijesinghe Chathura Manaram Perera Gunathilake (Petitioner) and Officer in Charge, Public Complaints Division, Criminal Investigations Department, Colombo 02, and Mr. Katukolihe Gamage Saman Avantha Kariyawasam (Respondents), the issue concerned the grant of interim relief, specifically a writ of Prohibition to prevent the petitioner’s imminent arrest based on alleged criminal allegations presented in a ‘B’ Report before the Magistrate’s Court of Welisara. The holding determined that interim relief was not warranted at this stage due to procedural deficiencies, particularly deficiencies in the service of notices and failure to establish due diligence by the petitioner. The reasoning reaffirmed the principle that strict adherence to procedural rules and t