(Lanka-e-News- 07.July.2015, 11.30PM) Supreme court (SC) judge Sarath Abrew who allegedly molested his maidservant , stripped her nude forcibly with intent to rape , attacked her with a pistol causing grievous injuries when she refused to give in , and threatened to kill her husband and children if she does not yield to his advances ,was just a while ago released on personal bail underlining the egregious lawlessness in the country , and the travesty of justice that is being enthroned ruthlessly by those in the highest echelons of the judiciary , amidst a wave of rude shock that shook the country to its foundation. Lanka e news posts this news with deep sorrow and grief after realizing to what extent the sacrosanct judiciary in Sri Lanka has descended, and the rule of law is eroded.
Though a government of good governance is in power , the vestiges of the lawless culture that was stoked by the Rajapakse regime still persists. As a result the judges mafia and the Attorney general (AG) department mafia nursed and nurtured by the previous regime are still alive and most active , openly practising double standards among other evils resorted to when dispensing law and giving judgments.
The conduct of the court and the AG’s department today(07) clearly illustrated this truth in regard to the case of judge Abrew , a sex starved maniac exploiting his position and power to commit crimes on helpless hapless women domestics. The worst part ? both the AG and the court abetted in the criminal conduct of this scoundrel of a judge by releasing him on personal bail instead of meting out exemplary punishment which would deter other judges of his same ilk , now in the prowl after the Rajapakse era. Whether these judges made a mockery of justice today or committed the worst injustice, notwithstanding , the fact of the matter is judgment now in SL is delivered uncaringly like fecal matter is to the doorstep of enemies.
This helpless poor servant woman was subjected to this attempted rape on 27 th. It is very evident that the AG department delayed giving its recommendation for three days to give time to Abrew to file a Fundamental rights petition to save himself. Yesterday(06) evening after the court sessions were over the AG department report was received by the CID. The latter then submitted the report to Mt.Lavinia court magistrate Shahabdeen and requested for a warrant to arrest Abrew which warrant was issued at about 5.00p.m. In the meanwhile in the night Abrew went into hiding.
This morning when the CID officers set out to arrest Abrew , Magistrate Shahbdeen phoned the CID and informed that the warrant was flawed, and called back the warrant. Later the warrant was cancelled with a CID officer as a witness.
This move is a flagrant violation of the laws. A warrant issued can only be withdrawn only on a motion filed by the individual against whom it is issued , and the judge cannot call back a warrant via a phone call according to his whims and fancy because it is tanatamount to the judge acting partially in favor of the individual on whom the warrant is issued. Shahbdeen who is a pal of Abrew disregarding all these laws and procedures has re called the warrant .( The Bar association is to make a complaint to the judicial service commission in this regard tomorrow(08) )
Subsequently the CID officers have carried out their duties in accordance with the powers vested in them. Legally in a heinous crime where a woman is subjected to attempted rape and attacked by a firearm , the suspect can be arrested without a warrant.
This has been pointed out in the AG’s report yesterday. Accordingly, when the officers were on the way to arrest Abrew ,the AG’s department had phoned the CID and told , ‘don’t arrest him now , for Abrew is surrendering to Mt. Lavinia court.’ It is then the AG’s department’s petticoat dropped down exposing everything not worth witnessing. How can the AG ‘s department give such instructions is a crucial question?
Thereafter the arrest was averted. Sarath after surrendering before Shahabdeen, the two pals had had private secret discussions and finally Abrew the culprit who faced four heinous charges which prohibits the granting of bail by a magistrate under any circumstance was released on personal bail in a most astonishing and suspicious manner , with no conditions attaching whatsoever.
It is a well and widely known fact that Abrew on a previous occasion too faced charges of rape committed on another servant , and assaulting three police officers . Yet if in this case with that putrid antecedence staring in the face of the faceless judge , if Abrew is enlarged on personal bail by a court , the people outside takng the law into their hands cannot be averted.
Now ,let us recall the history of Judge Shahabdeen.He was a defeated member of the judges association under the Rajapakse regime. There were charges against him of financial fraud.
After his issuing the warrant , it was in the night of that day the conspiracy was hatched to call back the issued warrant , based on reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division. The parties to the conspiracy are lawyer Tirantha Walaliyaddha , Shahabdeen and Moratuwa magistrate Aravinda Perera , another notorious corrupt legal raven.
The most ludicrous part of this drama is , while the victim is the aggrieved party and who should receive legal redress, Abrew has turned the tables on her , gone to the SC and filed a petition which is to be heard tomorrow. With Abrew his black coated
cronies are expected to be there at the trial. It is surprising that Abrew did not think of himself to act as the counsel for him. The lawyer appearing on behalf of Abrew is lawyer Manohara De Silva.
Based on the decision given by the court today the portentous message delivered via it is : the powerful (omnipotentates) have the license to commit rape , and if the helpless victim (woman) goes before the courts for redress , that will only give cause for the powerful to claim their FR had been violated.
The law abiding citizens must rise against this mafia operated by the corrupt judges and the AG’s department . The rapists and those villains aiding and abetting them no matter how high their position is , must not be allowed to breathe freely or sadistically when the tormented women whom they have made victims are without relief and in absolute agony.If the people relax or relent, these immoral unscrupulous judges will start looking for more preys for their bed diet. If the laws are being abused by the very legal sentinels to stoke rapes and crimes against the innocents and to favor rapists and criminals , the people taking the laws into their hands as a last ditch effort cannot be frowned upon as unlawful.
(The photograph depicts Abrew’s arrival for the case in Mt.Lavinia courts – courtesy Lanka deepa)
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Shame on you Sri Lanka! Judges used to be people of good moral standards and upright citizens. Now we have a set of dirty clowns posing as judges. A legacy left by the Rajapakse regime. It's high time the new government took steps to do some cleaning up and appoint people of good caliber to these esteemed posts, thereby restoring fair law and order.
-- by Trisha on 2015-07-08
LET US CREATE A PRIVY COUNCIL AGAIN WITH THREE JUDGES FROM SRI LANKA AND TWO JUDGES FROM COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES TO MAKE FINAL APPEALS HERE , SO THAT BIAS PERFORMANCES OF OUR JUDGES COULD BE PREVENTED.
-- by Rita on 2015-07-08
