Warnakulasooriyage Maduranga Fernando vs The Hon. Attorney General – CPA 56/2022-2022

In the case between the Hon. Attorney General and the Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12, and Warnakulasooriyage Maduranga Fernando, the court considered whether bail should be granted under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Act, focusing on the existence of exceptional circumstances as dictated by case-specific facts. The sequence of events involved the arrest of the accused in 2019 for possession of an alleged substance, contentions of case fabrication, and a timeline marked by the indictment and the discharge of other suspects. The legal assessment reaffirmed that bail under the relevant statute is only permissible upon demonstration of exceptional circumstances, a standard established in prior jurisprudence, including Ramu Thamodarumpillai vs. The Attorney General and Supre