Patali’s case
The Court of Appeal today declined to issue an interim order preventing Colombo High Court from hearing a case filed against former Megapolis and Western Province Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka over the alleged motor accident that took place in 2016 at Rajagiriya.
However, the Court Appeal fixed the revision application filed by Champika Ranawaka for the24th of January to decide whether court would allow this application.
The Colombo High Court had rejected the preliminary objections raised by Patali Champika regarding the maintainability of the indictments.
Subsequently, Ranawaka filed this revision application challenging Colombo High Court’s decision to reject his preliminary objections.
The indictment comprising 16 charges had been filed against MP Patali Champika, his driver Thusith Dilum Kumara and former officer In Charge (OIC) of the Welikada Police Station Sudath Asmadala on charges of fabricating false evidence, a conspiracy of fabricating evidence and submitting false reports to the Court.
The main charge is relating to conspiring and fabricating false evidence to claim that it was Dilum Thusith Kumara who was driving the vehicle which caused the accident and another charge relates to him allegedly conspiring to conceal evidence to protect MP Patali Champika from legal penalty.
ASP Sudath Asmadala was charged with producing a false report to the Colombo Magistrate’s Court to protect former MP Patali Champika from legal penalty.
