SC grants special leave to appeal against bribery conviction to ex-Deputy Minister
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The Supreme Court on Thursday granted special leave to appeal to former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne, who was sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment for soliciting and accepting a Rs. 50,000 bribe in return for promising emplo...
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- —The Supreme Court on Thursday granted special leave to appeal to former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne, who was sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment for soliciting and accepting a Rs.
- —50,000 bribe in return for promising employment.
- —Premaratne, a former United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) politician and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) organiser in the [].
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