Colombo High Court Judge Buddhika C. Ragala issued an order today (30) stating that there is no impediment to maintaining the charges filed under the Penal Code against five defendants, including Nadun Chinthaka alias ‘Harak Kata’, over allegations of conspiring to escape while under detention in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
However, the Colombo High Court also ruled that the charges brought against them under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) cannot be maintained.
A team of lawyers, including President’s Counsel U.R. de Silva and Attorney-at-Law Jaliya Samarasinghe, appeared on behalf of the defendants.
Recently, Rakhitha Rajapakshe—son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe—along with former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Horana Organizer Charith Abeysinghe and one other individual, were arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for accepting a bribe of Rs. 120 million to release the organized criminal Nadun Chinthaka alias ‘Harak Kata’ from detention custody to a regular prison cell and protect him from being killed.
