The verdict of the revision application filed by the Attorney General seeking the revocation of the Colombo Magistrate’s Court order that granted bail to the former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne, is scheduled to be delivered on the 16th of March.
The hearing of the revision application was taken up before the Colombo High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne today (10).
As the attorneys who represented the Attorney General and Senaratne concluded presenting their submissions during today’s hearing, the High Court judge ruled that the verdict of the revision application would be delivered on March 16.
The former Health Minister was arrested in December and remanded over the controversial “white van” press conference organized by him in November, but he continued to receive treatment at the hospital.
On December 30, Colombo Magistrate’s Court ordered to release Senaratne on bail.
However, the Attorney General filed a revision application on January 08 challenging the decision of the Magistrate Court to grant bail to the former Health Minister.
The Attorney General, in his revision application, has pointed out that the Colombo Magistrate’s Court has not taken into consideration the submissions by the prosecution before delivering the verdict to release Senaratne on bail.
