Warnakulasuriya Weerakonda Arachchilage Sujali Maleesha Shiranki Fernando vs. Officer in Charge, Police Station, Wennappuwa – B 2531/2019-2022

In the case between Warnakulasuriya Weerakonda Arachchilage Sujali Maleesha Shiranki Fernando (Petitioner) and the Officer in Charge, Police Station, Wennappuwa (1st Respondent), with the Hon. Attorney General named as 2nd Respondent, the court addressed the procedural issue concerning an application for bail under Section 10(1)(a) of the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 04 of 2015. The central sequence involved the Petitioner, through counsel, seeking to withdraw the bail application. The findings acknowledged the withdrawal, and the application was consequently dismissed without consideration of substantive bail merits. This order emphasized the principle that a court may permit withdrawal of applications at the instance of the applicant, especially