Ratnayake and Another Vs. Mediwaka, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kandy and Others – sllr 2005 volume 1 page 323

In Ratnayake and Another v. Mediwaka, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kandy, and Others, the court addressed allegations of violations of fundamental rights under Articles 11, 12(1), and 14(1)(g) of the Constitution, arising from a police raid and search of Hotel Sunray in Kandy. The issue before the court concerned whether the police action—conducted pursuant to a search warrant issued upon credible information—amounted to an arbitrary or unjustified infringement of constitutional rights. It was held that, although procedural inaccuracies existed regarding the statutory basis for the search, the police acted on credible suspicion and followed judicial processes. The court reaffirmed the principle that state action justified by objective and genuine investigative need, and authorized t