The Colombo High Court sentenced three former Customs Superintendents and an Assistant Customs Superintendent to 35 years of rigorous imprisonment each after convicting them to all charges in the indictment the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption served against them on 09.07.2021. They were indicted for soliciting a bribe of Rs. 150 Million and accepting Rs. 125 Million from the complainant of this case, promising to halt the investigations of Sri Lanka Customs conducted on bus spare parts imported for Sri Lanka Transport Board from Steel Impex Industries, India., duty-free, and to release him from paying the duty. The Court further ordered each accused to pay a fine of Rs. 125 Million to the government.

The accused, a resident of Rukmale-Pannipitiya, has attempted to offer a bribe of Rs. 25,000/- in exchange for not taking legal action against the suspects arrested in the raid conducted in relation to illegal earth digging in Bendigama South.

The Colombo High Court, on 26.08.2024, delivered a two year’s rigorous imprisonment, suspended for 15 years to Pradeep Upul Kumara, a resident of Badalkumbura Dodangahadura, for offering a bribe of Rs. 5,000/- to a public servant for abstaining from taking legal action against him for the offence he committed in Ethimale.

The Colombo High Court sentenced former Minister of Disaster Management A. H. M. Fowzie on 27.08.2024 to two years of imprisonment and suspended it for 10 years. The sentence was given for using a Toyota Land Cruiser worth Rs. 19,500,000 belonging to the Disaster Management Center for his personal activities and for obtaining Rs. 1,073,334.93 from the Ministry for its maintenance.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption conducted a raid and arrested a Grama Niladhari of Pelellegama, Ratnapura for soliciting Rs. 15,000/- and accepting Rs. 10,000/- to issue the Certificate of Residence.  Subsequently, indictments were served against him before the High Court.

According to the judgement pronounced by the Permanent Trial- at- Bar after hearing the case against the former President’s Chief of Staff Dr. I.H.K. Mahanama and the former Chairman of the State Timber Corporation P. Dissanayake. Dr. Mahanama was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, a fine of Rs. 65,000/- and a penalty of 20 million and P. Dissanayake was sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment, a fine of Rs. 55,000/-.

An accused of a Bribery case who had promised Rs. 500,000/- and had offered Rs. 250,000/- to OIC-Horowpathana, as a motive to release a suspect who was in remand custody over an allegation of terrorist activities, has pleaded guilty before the High Court of Colombo for all charges. 

Former Labour Officer, H.N. Sunil Lal attached to District Labour Office Mathara was convicted by the Colombo High Court Judge Hon. Mr. A. K. M. Patabendhige on 6 th August 2021 for all four counts of the indictment served by the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.

A Management Assistant served at the Ministry of Health was convicted guilty on 04 counts of the indictment served against him by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption for soliciting and accepting a gratification of Rs. 20,000/- from a Consultant Physician to prepare his salary related to the foreign leave period.

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Colombo Chief Magistrate Miss. Lanka Jarathne has convicted a Police Officer attached to the Magistrate Court – Jaffna on charge of bribe. The accused was convicted for two counts of the indictment served by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of bribery or Corruption and acquitted for two counts. Further sentenced one year simple imprisonment for each charge and imposed a fine of Rs.10,000/- with a penalty of Rs.500/- in lieu of on month simple imprisonment.

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A person attempted to bribe a Police Sargent pleaded guilty in Chief Magistrate’s Court was sentenced 1-year rigorous imprisonment. The ruling was suspended for 5 years and imposed a fine of Rs.5000/- in default 1-month rigorous imprisonment was imposed. The verdict was declared in 2019.12.03.