Salan Kapuge vs. Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Habaraduwa – CA BAIL 29/2020-2021

In the case between Salan Kapuge Lionel Cyril (Petitioner/Suspect, represented by Salan Kapuge Nishani Meneka Lakmali) and the Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Habaraduwa, and the Hon. Attorney General, the court addressed the issue of an application for bail under section 404 of the Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979, relating to the custody of the 6th Suspect. The court recognized that the Petitioner, through counsel, sought to withdraw the pending bail application. It was held that the withdrawal was permitted, and the application was accordingly dismissed without consideration of merits. This affirms the procedural principle that a party may abandon or withdraw an interlocutory application before a final determination, and such withdrawal concludes the court’s engagement with subs