Mannage Oshan Dharshana Wijesiri vs. The Officer in Charge, Criminal Investigations Department, and The Attorney General – CA CPA/0058/2023-2023

In the case between Mannage Oshan Dharshana Wijesiri (Petitioner) and Mannage Dilshan Harshana Wijesiri, the Officer in Charge of the Criminal Investigations Department, and the Attorney General (Respondents), the court examined the legal propriety of refusing bail to a suspect remanded under the Prohibition of Ragging and Other Forms of Violence in Educational Institutions Act and relevant provisions of the Bail Act. The order of the High Court of Gampaha refusing bail was challenged by way of revision under Article 138 of the Constitution. It was determined that any refusal of bail requires substantiated, written reasons compliant with substantive statutory provisions. After reviewing the factual background and legal arguments centering on sections 9, 14, 15, 16, and 17 of the Bail Act a