For not carryingout Court orders:
Police officials to be penalized
Kapila SOMARATNE-Panadura Group Corr
Panadura Provincial High Court Judge Amal Thilakaratne stated that
the Court had to deal with the Police officers who do not deliver
warrants to accused and witnesses who were evading Court trials. The
Court is empowered by the Criminal Procedure Code to deal with such
Police officers.
The Judge stated that Court had issued warrants on accused and
witnesses in some cases. The warrants had been forwarded to the Deputy
Inspector General of Police, Western Province to arrest the accused and
witnesses. The DIG had not carried out Court orders and therefore Court
intends to implement the General Procedure Code in future.
The two cases which were called before Court had been postponed. |