SENEVIRATNE

Vs.

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY OR CORRUPTION

SUPREME COURT
PERERA, C.J.
DEHIDENIYA, J.
M.N.B. FERNANDO, J.
SC/APPEAL/19/2013
HC COLOMBO 119/2017
MC COLOMBO 29621/5
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Bribery Act, No. 11 of 1954, section 19(c)-ldentification of accused-Conviction based on uncertified copies of identification parade notes-Belated dock identification by complainant

The appellant was a forest officer attached to the Southern Provincial Office of the Forest Department. He was charged in the Magistrate's Court of Colombo by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for the offences of soliciting and accepting a gratification of Rs. 2,000 from the complainant at Gintota, which were both offences under section 19(c) of the Bribery Act, No. 11 of 1954, as amended. The alleged incident had taken place on 06.08.1996 when a lorry containing timber that was being transported by the complainant, was stopped by members of the flying squad of the Forest Department. At an identification parade held in November 1996 in the Magistrate's Court of Galle, the appellant had been