Lecturer released on bail

A lecturer of the Ruhunu University Medical Faculty was released on a Rs. 15,000 bail and a Rs. 100,000 surety by Galle Additional Magistrate Asanga Hettiarachchi on Tuesday when the lecturer pleaded guilty to careless driving and causing minor injuries to a woman.

The woman was knocked down on April 21 at Talbot Town in Galle.

Additional Magistrate fixed the case to May 23 and ordered the plaintiff to appear in courts on the day. Galle Police prosecuted.