Harak Kata’s bail application rejected

Newswire and Sri Lanka Mirror report that on October 29 the Colombo High Court rejected bail applications by Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne, also known as Harak Kata, and two other defendants. Rupavahini News and Sri Lanka Mirror report that the court also rejected lawyers’ requests to release two further defendants.

Rupavahini News and Sri Lanka Mirror report that High Court Judge Buddhika C. Ragala said the requests could not be considered at that stage because the Attorney General had appealed to the Court of Appeal against an earlier High Court order. Sri Lanka Mirror reports that the court declined to consider them while the appeal remained pending.

Newsfirst reports that the case concerns an alleged conspiracy to escape while the defendants were in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department.

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