Ex-Magistrate found guilty and sentenced to five years RI

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The Colombo High Court has issued an open warrant for the arrest of former Galle Magistrate D.S. Merinchiarachchi for not appearing in court after she was found guilty of committing offences in 2000 while serving as the Galle Magistrate.

The Colombo High had imposed five years of rigorous imprisonment on the former Galle Magistrate for committing offences under Public Property Act.

The Attorney General had filed an indictment against the former Magistrate for recording a fine imposed on an accused to an underestimated value, incurring a loss to the state.

The Attorney General alleged that the former Magistrate had committed these offences between the 04th and 05th of April 2000, by recording a fine of Rs. 7,500 imposed in a case filed under Excise Ordinance as Rs. 1,500. The Attorney General had filed another case for recording a fine of Rs. 5,000 in another incident to an underestimated value of Rs. 1,500.

The trial proceeded in absentia of the accused in terms of section 241 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The Court was informed that the accused had left the country and the prosecution sought an order for her arrest.

Taking into consideration the facts High Court Judge Amal Ranaraja issued an open warrant against the accused. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)

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Comments - 14

S.P.Ramkumar Friday, 02 December 2022 10:21 PM

Law is a dark room.

Mohan Friday, 02 December 2022 11:21 PM

Normally women follow the system but she had the guts to break the trend and decided to record a lower value for the fine. It is illegal to do so but she must have strongly felt the original fines were too much. Five years in prison is totally out of order.

TR Friday, 02 December 2022 11:26 PM

RANJAN R WAS SPOT ON.

A Saturday, 03 December 2022 01:50 AM

Joke.....how about the corruption in Government then all should be in Jail......

Sam Sen Saturday, 03 December 2022 03:47 AM

Great judgement!!! It is so great that you guys go after a magistrate who reduced the fine from Rs.7,500 to Rs. 2,500 costing the country just few thousand rupees while those who looted the country for multi billion rupees are freely moving around.

ala Saturday, 03 December 2022 05:51 AM

massive losses to the state!! no wonder our country is bankrupt

Judge MR Saturday, 03 December 2022 07:43 AM

Excellent. Open warrant issued to a judge...

Kps Saturday, 03 December 2022 08:01 AM

Good luck with her hunting down

Waco Saturday, 03 December 2022 08:45 AM

Why can not they issue an open warrant on Arjuna Mahendran to get him arrested and bring him to Sri Lanka.

maha Saturday, 03 December 2022 08:46 AM

Most corruptions in the Country are involving by politicians

Jude Saturday, 03 December 2022 08:48 AM

Sending a colleague to jail nothing new!! There's plenty of currupt Judges and Sarath Silva should've been behind bars!!

Haid Saturday, 03 December 2022 08:58 AM

The mare has jumped out of the stable. It would be a wild goose chase.

Jude Saturday, 03 December 2022 09:33 AM

In a country where judges are sentenced to jail and it explains how currupted the country is !! People have no faith in the judiciary!! Yeah!!

Ismet Zaheed Saturday, 03 December 2022 06:08 PM

How about ALL those who looted the treasury besides the commission? Of course, the percentage of "commiss" varies!

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