Sri Lanka, Nov. 10 -- A two-judge-bench of the Court of Appeal today delivered a divided judgment in an appeal filed by former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra, challenging her conviction and three-year prison sentence in connection with a 2015 abduction case.

When the matter was taken up for the delivery of the judgment today, Justice P. Kumararatnam announced that the appeal would be referred to the President of the Court of Appeal and taken up tomorrow.

On July 22, 2024, Hirunika Premachandra was granted bail by the Colombo High Court pending the determination of her appeal against the conviction and sentence.



Hirunika Premachandra had filed this appeal before the Court of Appeal challenging the conviction and three-year se...