Tiran Alles granted bail

Sarath Malalasekera

COLOMBO: Colombo Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Kusala Sarojini Weerawardena yesterday granted bail to Tiran Alles, who had been remanded for allegedly financing a terrorist organisation.

Judge Weerawardena ordered Alles to furnish cash bail in Rs. 500,000 and a bond of Rs. one million each with three sureties.

At the outset, Senior State Counsel Gihan Kulatunga objected to Alles being granted bail and submitted to court that investigations have still not been completed.

If the suspect is granted bail it would hamper investigations, the Senior State Counsel said.

President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva, Senior Counsel for the suspect, moving for bail submitted to court that his client was produced in court on a bailable offence.

He will not make any attempt to hamper investigations or interfere with the prosecution witnesses. His passport had been impounded and all his bank accounts freezed the President’s Counsel added.

Granting bail, the Judge directed Alles to appear before the TID every Sunday between 9 am and noon.

The Judge observed: “If the suspect violates any of the bail conditions, the bail bond will be cancelled and re-remanded.”

The Judge directed the case to be called again on July 17. President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva with Shanaka Ranasinghe and Nalin Ladduwahetti instructed by G.G. Arulpragasam appeared Tiran Alles.