Abdul Cader Mohamed Shazni Vs The Honourable Attorney General & Others – CA BAL 0026/2022-2022

In the case between Abdul Cader Mohamed Shazni (petitioner) and the Honourable Attorney General, A.R.T.J. de Alwis, Senior Superintendent of Police, Director of the Terrorism Investigation Division, and the Officer-in-Charge, Terrorism Investigation Division (respondents), the court addressed the issue of a withdrawal request in an application made under Section 15(B) of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1979 as amended by Act No. 12 of 2022. It was determined that, upon the petitioner’s expression of a wish to withdraw the application while being remanded at Galle Prison, the application could be withdrawn, thereby concluding proceedings. The court reaffirmed the principle that a petitioner retains the right to withdraw a pending application, subject to the