INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Panadura High Court sentenced a person, who pleaded guilty over the murder of a 9-year-old girl in May 2022 in the Atulugama area of
Panadura, to 27 years of rigorous imprisonment.Panadura High Court Judge Saman Kumara, who issued this sentence over the charges of
Ganesanathan, fails to pay the aforementioned compensation, the High Court Judge ordered that his sentence be further extended by 78
months.The investigations had revealed that on 27 May 2022, the accused had abducted the 09-year-old girl who was returning from a grocery
store located close to her home, with the intention of sexually abusing the child
the suspect before the Panadura High Court within a short period of around 06 months, based on the investigations carried out by the
Bandaragama Police and Panadura Divisional Crimes Unit regarding the incident.The police had also uncovered that the accused was a close
Thus, the Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara, who appeared for the prosecution, pointed out before the court that the defendant had
committed a cruel act by abducting a small child of a close friend, and that it indicates how violent the present society is
Accordingly, the Deputy Solicitor General had requested the court to impose the maximum possible penalty on the suspect, as to set an
example for others not to commit such crimes.
