By Former Member of Parliament Hirunika Premachandra, who was sentenced to 3 years in jail in June, was granted bail, Monday.
The Colombo High Court granted the former MP bail after considering her bail application.
She was sentenced to three years in jail over the alleged abduction of a youth in 2015.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member has been sentenced to 3 years rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court on 28th June.
Warrant on Jeevan
The Nuwara-Eliya Magistrate’s Court has ordered the arrest of Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman over an incident at Kelani Valley Plantations PLC.
Lawyers representing Kelani Valley Plantations PLC said that the court had issued the order based on a case filed by the company.
The Minister was accused of storming Kelani Valley Plantations in May together with a group of others over an issue with regards to the daily wage of plantation workers.
Thondaman and the other accused were instructed to appear in court today but they failed to do so.
