Sanjeewa Bandara and 2 university students arrested
June 21, 2014 
Three university students including the former Convenor of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Sanjeewa Bandara have been arrested by police for allegedly threatening and obstructing the duties of security guards at the Peradeniya University premises.
The former IUSF Convenor and 2 members of two student unions at the Peradeniya University have been arrested by Peradeniya Police, the police spokesman’s office said.
The former IUSF Convenor and 2 members of two student unions at the Peradeniya University have been arrested by Peradeniya Police, the police spokesman’s office said.
They have been remanded until June 23 after being produced at the Kandy Court.
Soldier arrested for raping mentally challenged girl
June 20, 2014
A Sri Lanka Army 
soldier has been arrested today on charges of raping a 15-year-old mentally handicapped female student, Mundalama Police said.
The soldier, attached to the Engineering Corps, was arrested at around 1.30am this morning.
The suspect had committed the crime on Thursday (19) evening at a byroad in Nawadankulama, in the Mundalama Polcie Division, according to a complaint filed by the victim’s mother.
A resident of Nagola in Gampola, he is currently serving at the SLA Engineering Corps camp in Naldura-Panadura and had arrived in Mundalama for the construction of a residence for a disabled soldier, funded by the army.
However, the victim has been admitted to the Mundalama Hospital for a medical check while the suspect is to be produced at the Puttalam District Court.
Mundalama Police are conducting further investigations.
June 20, 2014 soldier has been arrested today on charges of raping a 15-year-old mentally handicapped female student, Mundalama Police said. The soldier, attached to the Engineering Corps, was arrested at around 1.30am this morning.
The suspect had committed the crime on Thursday (19) evening at a byroad in Nawadankulama, in the Mundalama Polcie Division, according to a complaint filed by the victim’s mother.
A resident of Nagola in Gampola, he is currently serving at the SLA Engineering Corps camp in Naldura-Panadura and had arrived in Mundalama for the construction of a residence for a disabled soldier, funded by the army.
However, the victim has been admitted to the Mundalama Hospital for a medical check while the suspect is to be produced at the Puttalam District Court.
Mundalama Police are conducting further investigations.
HC condones delay in ‘re-presenting’ revision plea of Douglas
June 19, 2014
Madras High court today condoned the delay of 536 days in ‘re-presenting’ the revision plea of Sri Lankan Minister Douglas Devananda against a lower court order which quashed his plea to recall a non-bailable warrant and permit him to attend court proceedings through video conferencing.
Justice T S Sivagnanam condoned the delay and posted the matter to next week.
Devananda was declared a proclaimed offender and absconding accused by a sessions court for a shootout-cum- murder in Chennai in 1986.
In November 1986, Devananda, then a member of the Eelam People’s Revolutionary Front in Sri Lanka, and nine others were charged with opening fire with automatic weapons at locals in Choolaimedu in central Chennai, injuring five persons.
One person later succumbed to his injuries. Devananda and others were charged with murder, attempt to murder, rioting and unlawful assembly in the case.
As Devananada failed to appear in court proceedings, the trial court in June 1994 issued a NBW. He moved the High Court in 2010 against the trial’s court order but his plea was dismissed.
He approached the trial court for recalling the warrant and dispensing with his appearance after his plea for anticipatory bail too was dismissed as withdrawn. This was dismissed in October 2012.
When the case came up today, counsel for Devananada submitted a petition saying though Devanananda had asked the counsel to immediately file a revision petition, “The revision paper was mixed with other case papers and now only the same is traced.”
Stating that the delay was neither wilful nor wanton, he asked the court to condone the delay because it occurred because of “bonafide” reasons. - PTI
June 19, 2014
Madras High court today condoned the delay of 536 days in ‘re-presenting’ the revision plea of Sri Lankan Minister Douglas Devananda against a lower court order which quashed his plea to recall a non-bailable warrant and permit him to attend court proceedings through video conferencing.
Justice T S Sivagnanam condoned the delay and posted the matter to next week.
Devananda was declared a proclaimed offender and absconding accused by a sessions court for a shootout-cum- murder in Chennai in 1986.
In November 1986, Devananda, then a member of the Eelam People’s Revolutionary Front in Sri Lanka, and nine others were charged with opening fire with automatic weapons at locals in Choolaimedu in central Chennai, injuring five persons.
One person later succumbed to his injuries. Devananda and others were charged with murder, attempt to murder, rioting and unlawful assembly in the case.
As Devananada failed to appear in court proceedings, the trial court in June 1994 issued a NBW. He moved the High Court in 2010 against the trial’s court order but his plea was dismissed.
He approached the trial court for recalling the warrant and dispensing with his appearance after his plea for anticipatory bail too was dismissed as withdrawn. This was dismissed in October 2012.
When the case came up today, counsel for Devananada submitted a petition saying though Devanananda had asked the counsel to immediately file a revision petition, “The revision paper was mixed with other case papers and now only the same is traced.”
Stating that the delay was neither wilful nor wanton, he asked the court to condone the delay because it occurred because of “bonafide” reasons. - PTI
