{"id":14215,"date":"2025-05-16T15:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=14215"},"modified":"2025-05-16T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:59:21","slug":"bail-sought-for-s-m-ranjith-and-sister-in-law-who-spent-16-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=14215","title":{"rendered":"Bail sought for S.M. Ranjith and sister-in-law who spent 16 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>asianewsplusone.com sfmnewslk.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250516-WA0005-1024x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250516-WA0005-1024x331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250516-WA0005-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250516-WA0005-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250516-WA0005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bail application was submitted to the Colombo High Court yesterday (15) on behalf of former North Central Provincial Council Chief Minister S.M. Ranjith Samarakoon and Shanthi Chandrasena, wife of former Minister S.M. Chandrasena who served as his private secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This bail application was submitted to the Colombo High Court subject to the appeal filed by the defendants at the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President&#8217;s Counsel Ali Sabry submitted the bail application through a motion. High Court Judge Aditya Patabendi, who took up the bail application, ordered the defense to present its case on June 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bribery case was filed on the charge of illegally receiving and abetting the fuel allowance of Rs. 26,80,528.10 for the years 2012-2014, when the Chief Minister was legally entitled to the fuel allowance, and receiving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former North Central Chief Minister S. M. Ranjith Samarakoon and Shanthi Chandrasena, the wife of former Minister S. M. Chandrasena, who served as his private secretary, are the defendants in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a lengthy trial, High Court Judge Aditya Patabendi sentenced the defendants to 16 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 200,000 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">K., a resident of Kekirawa Road, Galenbindunuwewa, This case was filed following a complaint submitted to the Bribery Commission by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2015 by a person named Nimal Wijethilaka, in accordance with his citizenship rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dbb 16\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0da7 \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0dba \u0d91\u0dc3\u0dca.\u0d91\u0db8\u0dca. \u0dbb\u0d82\u0da2\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dca\u0da7 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd1\u0db1\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0d87\u0db4 \u0d89\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd\u0dba\u0dd2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0d8b\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4 \u0db8\u0dd0\u0daf 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