Officer in Charge Opatha Police Station vs Giguruwa Gamage Hasitha Ishan – CA BAIL/54/2022-2022

In the case between Giguruwa Gamage Ajith Priyantha (Petitioner, father of the suspect) and the Officer in Charge, Opatha Police Station, along with the Attorney General’s Department (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether a suspect, alleged to have circulated intimate photographs of the complainant after an extramarital relationship, committed an offense under the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 4 of 2015, and whether exceptional circumstances justified bail. The court held that, considering the facts and absence of threats to the complainant or witnesses, the presence of exceptional circumstances warranted the granting of bail subject to appropriate conditions. The principle reaffirmed is that bail may be considered even in serious a