Labukola Ange Wisin Gedara Ashani Dhanushshika v. The Officer in Charge, Magistrate Court Panadura Division Crime Investigation Unit – CA PHC APN 04/2016-2016

In the case between Labukola Ange Wisin Gedara Ashani Dhanushshika (Petitioner) and The Officer in Charge, Magistrate Court Panadura Division Crime Investigation Unit, Police Superintendent Office, Panadura, and The Hon. Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed whether exceptional circumstances justified the grant of bail to a suspect charged with possession of heroin under the Poisons, Opium, and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, and whether the Court of Appeal’s revisionary jurisdiction could be invoked when an appeal was available. It was determined that the grounds advanced did not amount to exceptional circumstances as required by statute. The principle reaffirmed was that exceptional circumstances must be strictly proven for bail in serious narcotics cases, and revisionary jurisd