Suspects granted bail in unlawful entry case

Kapila SOMARATNE- Panadura group corr

Panadura magistrate R.S.A. Dissanayaka ordered personal bail in Rs. 5,000 on chairman, a PS member and two technical officers and a driver of the Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha and two police constables of the Panadura North Police, when they appeared before court on summons issued.

This was in sequel to a plaint filed by Don Chandana Gunasekera of No. 327, Diggala Road, Kehelwatta, Panadura. The accused were charged with being members of an unlawful assembly who had forcibly entered a land at Diggala Road and caused damages running up to Rs. 200,000 as an offence punishable under sections 138,139 427,409, 346 342, and 343.

The magistrate considered the submissions of the complainant lawyer Kasun Jayaratne and fixed the trial for July, 2012. Attorney-at-Law Vajira Kavisinghe appeared for the accused.