• The accused Lawyer Manoj Bimsara Dissanayake had misappropriated AU$ 180,500 from the Sri Lankan, after he transferred the sum to the bank account of the former 

A Lawyer, who had been jailed for three years by the High Court of Colombo, was granted bail pending appeal by the Appeal Court.  

The Lawyer, Manoj Bimsara Dissanayake, was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Colombo High Court in 2018 for defrauding a Sri Lankan living in Australia of 180,500 Australian Dollars. The Court of Appeal two-judgebench comprising Justice Menaka Wijesundera and Justice Neil Iddawala decided to enlarge the Lawyer on bail pending appeal, on a cash bail of Rs. 100,000 with two sureties of Rs. 500,000.

The accused was ordered to report to the relevant police station every 4th Sunday of each month. He was further ordered to surrender his Passport to the relevant High Court. The State Counsel appearing for the Attorney General informed Court of Appeal that they had no objection to the accused being enlarged on bail.