The Supreme Court today (08) ordered the acquittal of the former prison commissioner Emil Ranjan Kalpathewa from the death sentence handed down by a three-member bench of the Colombo High Court. (Sri Lanka Latest News)
In 2012, he was convicted of the charges of killing a prisoner in the clashes that occurred in the Welikada prison.
A five-member Supreme Court bench gave this decision today after accepting an appeal submitted by Mr Kalpathewa against the sentence.
