R.H.M.Champa Jinadari v. Officer in Charge Police Narcotics Bureau & The Hon. Attorney General – CA PHC APN 64/2012-2012

In the case between R.H.M. Champa Jinadari and the Officer in Charge, Police Narcotics Bureau, along with the Attorney General and Liyanage Chathura Niroshana Perera, the court addressed the issue of whether bail proceedings before this court should continue after an indictment had been filed in the High Court. The court held that the bail application before this court should be withdrawn without prejudice, affirming the principle that the filing of an indictment in the High Court vests jurisdiction for bail matters with that forum. This decision was based on procedural fairness and endorsed the reservation of the petitioner’s right to seek bail before the High Court, thus ensuring that no legal rights were prejudiced by the withdrawal.

A.W.A. Salam J. — It was determined that, in light