A three-judge bench of the Colombo High Court has ordered that former IGP Pujith Jayasundara be acquitted of all charges against him.
Judges Namal Balalle, Aditya Patabendige and Mohamed Irshadeen handed down the verdict at the hearing of the Easter Sunday attack case today. Earlier, a three-judge bench of the Colombo High Court acquitted former Secretary to the Ministry of Defense Hemasiri Fernando on the same charges.
The Attorney General had filed a case against the two on charges of criminal negligence for failing to take steps to prevent the Easter attack despite receiving specific intelligence.