Bail rejected for owner of prominent garment retail chain

Colombo Additional Magistrate Oshada Migara Maharachchi today (27) rejected the bail application of the owner of a prominent garment retail store, who is said to have violated the Customs Ordinance by importing goods worth over Rs. 1 million, and ordered that the suspect be further remanded until the 06th of next month.

An objection was also presented here by the defence stating that the complaint against the suspect cannot be maintained and to dismiss this.

There, the magistrate declared that the objection presented by the defence was baseless and rejected the request made to dismiss the complaint.

The magistrate also rejected the request made to release the suspect under Section 115 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as there is a case to inquire into according to the facts presented by the prosecution.

The magistrate also ordered both parties to present further information regarding the incident to the court on August 06 and adjourned the case until that day.