Hapugodage Jagath Perera vs Gothami Ranasinghe et al. – SC FR 1006/2009-2009

In the case between Hapugodage Jagath Perera (petitioner) and, among others, the Inspector of Police, Officer-in-Charge of the Minor Crime Branch, Mirigama Police Station (1st respondent) and the Inspector of Police, Officer-in-Charge of the Traffic Branch, Mirigama (2nd respondent), the court addressed the alleged violation of the petitioner’s fundamental rights under Articles 11, 12(1), 13(1), and 13(2) of the Constitution. The central legal issue concerned whether police actions, specifically an alleged assault during a police inquiry, constituted cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, and whether sufficient evidence existed to establish a violation of constitutional rights. The court held that the evidence, including medical reports and eyewitness affidavits, corroborated the petitio