IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of an Application for Revision in terms of Article 138 of The Constitution from the Order for Cancellation of Bail delivered by the learned High Court Judge of Kandy as dated 05th October 2023, in High Court of Kandy Case No. HC

141/2020.

Court of Appeal Case No. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka CPA/132/2023 COMPLAINANT Vs.

High Court Kandy Case No. HC 141/2020 Rajapakse Gedara Ravindu Ratnayake ACCUSED AND NOW H. H. Rupika Sanjeewani Dharmadasa No. 16, Kiwlwkada, Getalawa, Kokawewa.

PETITIONER Vs.

The Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12.

COMPLAINANT-RESPONDENT Rajapakse Gedara Ravindu Ratnayake (Presently in prison)

ACCUSED-RESPONDENT Before : Sampath B. Abayakoon, J.

: P. Kumararatnam, J.

Counsel : Mohan Weerakoon, P.C. with Sandamal Senal Mathugama for the Petitioner : Janaka Bandara, D.S.G. with Jayalakshi de Silva, S.S.C. for the Respondents Argued on : 15-12-2023 Decided on : 31-01-2024 Sampath B. Abayakoon, J.

This is an application by the petitioner acting on behalf of the accused- respondent, who is the accused in High Court of Kandy Case Number HC/141/2020, invok