Jasenthu Kankanamge Lakshmi Iresha vs. Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Gandara – CA BAL/13/2022-2022

In the case between Jasenthu Kankanamge Lakshmi Iresha (Petitioner) and Nilupa Prasad Dharmaweera with the Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Gandara, and the Hon. Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of granting bail to the 3rd Suspect-Respondent under Section 10(1)(A) of the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 4 of 2015. It was held that bail should be granted to the 3rd Suspect-Respondent, taking into account the extended period of remand, the completion of substantive evidence, and the absence of a filed indictment. The decision reaffirmed the principle that conditions for bail may be relaxed when continued remand would amount to undue hardship, especially after the main evidence is concluded and the prosecution no longer obje