VIDEO: Two-year suspended jail sentence for Ananda Sarath Kumara
May 12, 2014 11:42 am
Former North-Western Provincial Council member, Ananda Sarath Kumara, who forced a female school teacher to kneel before him, was sentenced to 2 years Rigorous Imprisonment suspended for 7 years by the Puttalam High Court today.
Delivering the verdict when the case was taken up today, High Court Judge Priyantha Fernanado also ordered the defendant to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 and Rs 300,000 in compensation to the female teacher in question.
Sarath Kumara will serve a further sentence of 6 months if he fails to pay the fine and another 1 year if he fails to pay the compensation to the victim.
The ex-Councillor was arrested on June 15 last year for allegedly punishing a school teacher at a school in Nawagattegama by making her kneel down after she reportedly warned Kumara’s daughter regarding her uniform.
The teacher had later lodged a complaint with the police over the incident.
Sarath Kumara was expelled from the SLFP and barred from contesting future polls on June 18, 2013.
Delivering the verdict when the case was taken up today, High Court Judge Priyantha Fernanado also ordered the defendant to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 and Rs 300,000 in compensation to the female teacher in question.
Sarath Kumara will serve a further sentence of 6 months if he fails to pay the fine and another 1 year if he fails to pay the compensation to the victim.
The ex-Councillor was arrested on June 15 last year for allegedly punishing a school teacher at a school in Nawagattegama by making her kneel down after she reportedly warned Kumara’s daughter regarding her uniform.
The teacher had later lodged a complaint with the police over the incident.
Sarath Kumara was expelled from the SLFP and barred from contesting future polls on June 18, 2013.
