Anagipura Thilakarathna Vs The Officer in Charge, Police Station Welipanna – CA BAL/034/2022-2022

In the case between Withanachchi Koralage Sandamal Nilantha (the bail applicant/suspect) and the Officer in Charge, Police Station Welipanna, with the Attorney General’s Department as a respondent, the court addressed the issue of whether exceptional grounds existed to warrant the granting of bail under the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act. It was held that the defense failed to demonstrate any exceptional circumstances, as required by law, that would justify the enlargement of bail for the suspect charged with serious offenses, including rape of a minor and subsequent threats against the victim and her family. The decision reaffirmed the principle that bail cannot be considered in the absence of circumstances that are out of the ordinary, as stipulated by