The judgement of the case filed against former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra for alleged involvement in the abduction of a youth using a Defender, is to be delivered today by the Colombo High Court.
On a previous occasion, except Hirunika Premachandra, eight other accused who pleaded guilty to their involvement in the abduction had been given a suspended prison sentence by the Colombo High Court.
The accused Kelum Niranjana, Kasun Malinda, Ruwan Pushpakumara, Mohammed Rizwan, Pasindu Sanjeewa, P.S. Abeysiriwardena, Sanjeewa Kumara and Jeganadacal pleaded guilty to seven charges including abduction, aiding and abetting an abduction and unlawful assembly.
Apart from the abduction charges, the nine accused have been charged on 29 counts by the Attorney General, the charges including threatening, assaulting and intimidating the victim Amila Priyanga after abducting him in Dematagoda.
The accused who were indicted are Hirunika Premachandra, Kelum Niranjana, Kasun Malinda, Ruwan Pushpakumara, Mohammed Rizwan, Pasindu Sanjeewa, P.S. Abeysiriwardena, Sanjeewa Kumara and Jeganadacal.
The complainant Amila Priyankara alleged that he was abducted and assaulted by a group of people who came in a black Defender to Dematagoda on December 21, 2015.
Dilshan Tharaka
