The Colombo High Court today served indictments on former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and PTL beneficiary owner Arjun Aloysius regarding a case filed by Bribery Commission. Bribery Commission had filed indictments consisting of six counts against former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and PTL beneficiary owner Arjun Aloysius in Colombo High Court over purchasing an apartment in Kollupitiya in 2016. Accordingly, High Court judge Adithya Patabendi ordered each accused to be released on a cash bail of Rs.500,000 with two sureties of five million rupees.
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HC serves indictments on Ravi and Aloysius
Lakmal Sooriyagoda
The Colombo High Court yesterday served indictments on former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and PTL beneficiary owner Arjun Aloysius regarding a case filed by the Bribery Commission.
The Bribery Commission had filed indictments consisting of six counts against former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and PTL beneficiary owner Arjun Aloysius in Colombo High Court over the purchase of an apartment in Kollupitiya in 2016. Accordingly, High Court judge Adithya Patabendi ordered each of the accused to be released on a cash bail of Rs.500,000 with two sureties of five million rupees.
The OIC of Court Police Post was ordered to obtain their fingerprints in order to ascertain their previous conviction records. The High Court also issued an order preventing the two accused from leaving the country without the Court’s permission.
The case is to be taken up again on April 1.
The Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption alleged that the former minister had committed a punishable offence under Section 19 (c) of the Bribery Commission Act while soliciting and accepting a gratification being a public servant between February 12, 2016 and September 30, 2016.
The Bribery Commission alleged first accused Ravi Karunanayake had accepted a gratification from the second accused Aloysius while purchasing an apartment at Kollupitiya (No. 5PH2, Monarch Housing Complex) for Rs.11.68 million using the cheques issued by Walt & Row Associates (Pvt) Ltd and Perpetual Capital Private Ltd in which Aloysius was a director.
The indictments allege that the second accused Arjun Aloysius to be charged for aiding and abetting the Commission of this offence under Section 25 (2) read with Section 19 (c) of the Bribery Commission Act.The prosecution had named 58 individuals as witnesses. The Bribery Commission further listed 32 documents as production items in the case.
