The travel ban imposed against former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka over the motor accident that took place in 2016 at Rajagiriya, was yesterday temporarily lifted from today (26) till March 1, 2024, by the Colombo High Court.
Furthermore, another bail condition that Ranawaka and the two other accused should appear at the Colombo Crimes Division on the last Sunday of every month was also ordered to be lifted by the Colombo High Court.
The case was taken up before Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatta.
The orders were delivered following the request made by the defence seeking the relief of the bail conditions as their clients have duly fulfilled the bail conditions since the inception of the trial.
The Court was apprised of the fact that an appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court against the case by former Minister Ranawaka and that petition will be taken up again on January 1, 2024.
After considering the facts, the case was fixed for March 4, 2024, by the Colombo High Court.
The Attorney General had filed an indictment before the High Court against former MP Ranawaka, his driver Thusith Dilum Kumara and ASP Sudath Asmadala over the hit-and-run accident in Rajagiriya in 2016.
Accordingly, the indictment was filed against former MP Ranawaka on charges of causing grievous injury to a youth named Sandeep Sampath while driving a vehicle in a reckless manner.
The indictment comprising 16 charges was filed against all three accused on charges of fabricating evidence, conspiracy to fabricating evidence and submitting false reports to the Court.
The main charge is relating to conspiring and fabricating evidence to claim that it was Dilum Thusith Kumara who was driving the vehicle which caused the accident and another charge relates to him allegedly conspiring to conceal evidence in order to protect MP Ranawaka from legal penalty.
ASP Sudath Asmadala was charged with producing a false report to the Colombo Magistrate’s Court in order to protect former MP Ranawaka from legal penalty.
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