(Lanka-e-News- 11.May.2015, 2.30PM) The case pertaining to the murder of millionaire businessman Mohomed Shyam is in its last phase. However , it is learnt the verdict is to be delivered after freeing ex DIG Vaas Gunawardena, the chief suspect in this case , because the chief justice too is paying no heed to this potential travesty of justice , according to inside court information division of Lanka e news.
The case that is being heard before a three judge bench and not by members of the jury. The chief of the panel of judges is justice Leon Seneviratne , a high court judge who has an ordinary unblemished record. During the last phase of this trial , steps are being taken to send him abroad , and is to be appointed as a judge in Fiji.
The CJ has granted the request of justice Leon to travel abroad in this regard. By this what follows is , the case of Vaas the main culprit in the brutal murder is going to be heard by the remaining two judges and verdict is to be delivered by them .
The issue now is , of the remaining two judges , the second judge is one with a putrid record that places him in the worst possible light . Besides he is also a bosom pal of Vaas , being birds of the same feather . The name of this judge is Lalith Jayasuriya .Latter is a notorious judge having faced a disciplinary inquiry despite holding the lofty position over a lighting of crackers incident inside the court .
When Vaas was stationed at Kurunegala , Lalith too was performing duties in Kurunegala . They were always together and close booze companions. They were so attached that if there was an inseparable duo in Kurunegala at that time it was this evil pair
Their relationship was so extreme that when Vaas consumed poison , Lalith took a half day leave and sped to Kurunegala to be by his side. Interestingly but certainly not coincidentally , Lalith has been appointed to hear this case at Basil Rajapakse’s behest , as both Vaas and Lalith are pro Basil Rajapakse, and it is the latter’s ultimate aim to secure relief for Vaas .
Though the third judge of the panel , Amendra Seneviratne is a law abiding judge, after Leon Senevirathne left the president post of the panel , it is Lalith who replaced him .It is the view of those in the attorney general’s (AG) department , the CID and the Bar association which are associated with the legal side of this case ,that Vaas Gunawardena undoubtedly will get freed in the case under the circumstances despite being the prime suspect.
These Institutions are thoroughly disillusioned and disappointed with these despicable and dastardly maneuvers . They are critical of the trip to Fiji of Leon Seneviratne because everyone is fully aware of the situation favoring the criminal that would result thereby .Even now it is not too late if the CJ decides to delay this tour if he is sincerely devoted to performing his duties duly in the dispensation of true justice without allowing interested parties to make of it a travesty.
In the case in which the Bambalapitiya millionaire businessman was abducted and murdered on 2013-08-21 or thereabout , among the suspects on whom indictments have been served are : ex DIG Vaas Gunawardena , his son Ravindu Gunawardena , IP Indika Bamunusinghe, constables Gamini Sanathchandra,, Priyantha Sanjeewa and Kelum Rangana Dissanayake .
Ten charges have been filed under penal code sections 102 and 209 in the murder of Shyam , which include murder , aiding and abetting it , conspiring to murder ,and killing with a common aim which are offences liable to punishment under the code.
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OMG, is the end of corruption, only a pipe dream? It is time the govt of good governance put a stop to this nonsense. Do the judges themselves have no moral obligation to make the right judgement? Come on judiciary, do the right thing by the people and not succumb to the will of the ex politicians.
-- by Ajit Abey on 2015-05-14
