Bribery case: Judge remanded

Chaminda Perera

The Homagama District Judge nabbed by bribery sleuths on Wednesday night over an alleged acceptance of gratification to serve a judgement in favour of a respondent in a case was ordered to be remanded until June 3 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya.

The District Judge was arrested for accepting a gratification of Rs 300,000 from a respondent to settle a case which was to be taken up before him today.

According to a member of the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption and former IGP Jayantha Wickremeratne, the Judge was arrested at the latter’s residence in Hanwella while accepting the gratification from the respondent.

He said the Judge had promised the respondent to serve a judgement in her favour while accepting the bribe. The arrest was made on a complaint by the respondent.

Wickremaratne said the commission sent a team of officials to arrest the Judge after they received the complaint.