Colombo (LNW): Businesswoman Thilini Priyamali has been acquitted by the Colombo High Court yesterday (11) in connection with a case involving the defrauding of Rs. 8 million via the issuance of a cheque from an empty bank account.
This was when the case was taken up before High Court Judge Aditya Patabendige yesterday.
A lawsuit was filed against Priyamali in 2012 at the Colombo Magistrate Court by businessman Samith Anuruddha accusing her of criminal breach of trust by the issuance of a bounced cheque, and in 2021 indictments were filed against her at the Colombo High Court.
The Colombo High Court granted the businesswoman acquittal upon consideration of the argument by the defendant’s lawyers that the manner in which the case was files disqualifies the proceeding of indictments against her.
