The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to produce former minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne before the court.
The court issued this order as the next legal step after the Colombo High Court today set aside the decision of the Colombo Magistrate to grant bail to the former MP over the controversial “white van” press conference.
The verdict had been delivered by Colombo High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne when the Attorney General’s revision application against granting bail to the former minister was taken up this morning (13).
The former Health Minister was arrested last December and remanded over the controversial “white van” press conference organized by him in November, but he continued to receive treatment at the hospital.
On December 30, Colombo Magistrate’s Court ordered to release Senaratne on bail.
However, the Attorney General filed a revision application on January 08 challenging the decision of the Magistrate Court to grant bail to the former Health Minister.
The Attorney General, in his revision application, had pointed out that the Colombo Magistrate’s Court has not taken into consideration the submissions by the prosecution before delivering the verdict to release Senaratne on bail.
