The Colombo High Court acquitted four defendants of the case against Samarappulige Niraj Roshan alias ‘Ali Roshan' due to insufficient evidence.
Priyanka Sanjeewani, the clerk in charge of the Elephant Registration at the Department of Wildlife Conservation together with three other mahouts were acquitted when case was taken up before the Colombo High Court Judges Vikum Kaluarachchi, Dhammika Ganepola, and Aditya Patabandige today (22).
The Attorney General's Department had filed 27 charges against ‘Ali Roshan’ and six other defendants under the Offences against Public Property Act and were arrested in 2018 by the Criminal Investigation Department.
However, the special High Court Trial-at-Bar decided to continue the case against the main accused Samarappulige Niraj Roshan alias ‘Ali Roshan’ and three other defendants as there was sufficient evidence to prosecute them.
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