Gnanasara Thero’s bail application rejected
Posted by Editor on April 2, 2024 - 1:35 pm
(Photo credit: Ishara S.KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)
The Colombo High Court today (April 2) rejected the bail application filed by the General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, who was recently sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment.
Colombo High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige rejected the bail application filed on behalf of Ven. Gnanasara thero citing there are no exceptional circumstances revealed before court to release Ven. Gnanasara thero on bail.
On March 28, 2024, Judge Adithya Patabendige sentenced the BBS General Secretary to four years of rigorous imprisonment for the defamatory comments made against Islam in late 2016.
Latest Headlines in Sri Lanka
- CID raids Kataragama Basnayake Nilame’s house in search of IGP Deshabandu March 10, 2025
- Sri Lanka’s remittance inflows continue to grow in February 2025 March 10, 2025
- IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon seeks court order to block arrest March 10, 2025
- Chamal Rajapaksa to contest Local Government Elections under SLPP March 10, 2025
- Aloe Blacc arrives in Sri Lanka to explore investment opportunities March 10, 2025
