The order regarding the release of former IGP Pujith Jayasundara from the case filed against him over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday terror attacks was yesterday fixed for February 18 by the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar.
When the case was taken up before the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar bench comprising Colombo High Court Judges Namal Balalle, Adithya Patabendige and Mohamed Irshadeen, prosecution informed the Court that they had concluded the hearing of the case.
Following the conclusion of the case, the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar fixed the case for February 18, on which date the Bench would decide whether or not to call for the dock statement or release the accused.
SDSG Dileepa Pieris appeared on behalf of the Attorney General and Attorney-at-Law Roshan Dehiwela appeared for the defence.
The Attorney General had filed indictments comprising 855 charges in the Colombo High Court against former IGP Pujith Jayasundara on the basis of accountability of murder and attempted murder under Sections 296 and 300 of the Penal Code in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks that took place on April 21, 2019, due to his allegedly ignoring the sensitive intelligence provided by State Intelligence Service Director Nilantha Jayawardena that Zahran Hashim and his group had organized and prepared to carry out suicide bombings targeting religious places and hotels between April 7, 2019 and April 21, 2019 and completely failing to act on the intelligence.