On bail
People reported on bail
This list holds people whose dated status line reports them free on bail. Bail is not a finding of guilt. It follows the last report found for each person, so it can be behind events.
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On bail (26)
- Arjuna RanatungaOn bail
- Indicted and bailed 23 March 2026; no verdict reported
- Asoka RanwalaOn bail
- Arrested and bailed 12 December 2025 over a road accident; no verdict reported
- Balangoda Kassapa TheroOn bail
- Remanded from January 2026 over the Trincomalee Buddha statue; the Trincomalee High Court ordered him and nine other suspects released on bail on 11 February 2026, and no later report of that case was found. An application for contempt proceedings against him over his statements on the Navatkuli case was dismissed by the Chavakachcheri Magistrate’s Court, as reported 5 June 2026. On 26 October 2026 Cinnamon Gardens Police told the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court they had begun an investigation into statements he allegedly made during the Viharamahadevi Park satyagraha in Colombo; no charge reported
- C. B. RatnayakeOn bail
- Arrested by the bribery commission and bailed 16 December 2025; no verdict reported
- Chandana SooriyaarachchiOn bail
- Arrested over a road accident and bailed 8 October 2026; no charge reported
- Deshabandu TennakoonOn bail
- Arrested August 2025; indicted over the Weligama shooting and bailed, 7 October 2026; no verdict reported
- Duminda DissanayakeOn bail
- Indicted and bailed 10 September 2026; on 4 November 2026 the Colombo High Court ordered the case taken up for trial on 23 November 2026; no verdict reported
- Johnston FernandoOn bail
- Corruption trial ordered to resume, August 2026; bailed in a second case, September 2026; on 28 October 2026 his lawyers told the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court he pleads guilty in a luxury BMW case, with the court’s decision due on 11 November 2026; he says the charges are three Motor Traffic Act offences and not import tax fraud; no verdict reported in the other cases
- Keheliya RambukwellaOn bail
- Indicted in June 2025 with 11 others; separately indicted with family members for money laundering; arrested again and bailed 18 August 2026; no verdict reported. Transparency International Sri Lanka filed a contempt application on 13 October 2026 over the unpaid Rs. 75 million ordered by the Supreme Court; on 26 October 2026 the Supreme Court released him on bonds and barred him from leaving the country, after his counsel said Rs. 20 million had been paid; Daily FT reports he undertook to pay the remaining Rs. 55 million within two weeks
- Lakshman Yapa AbeywardenaOn bail
- Indicted and bailed 7 August 2026; no verdict reported
- Lalith Piyum PereraOn bail
- Arrested by the Bribery Commission over allegations of financial malpractice and granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate on 28 October 2026, on two personal sureties of Rs. 1 million each with an overseas travel restriction; no indictment reported
- Nimal LanzaOn bail
- Arrested 29 August 2025 and remanded; granted bail by the Negombo High Court, reported 8 September 2025; no verdict reported
- Nishantha WickramasingheOn bail
- Arrested June 2025 and again in March 2026, when he was bailed; no verdict reported
- Patali Champika RanawakaOn bail
- Arrested December 2019 and bailed; trial ordered to proceed, May 2025; he denies wrongdoing; no verdict reported
- Prasanna RanatungaConvictedOn bail
- Separately arrested by the bribery commission and bailed on 12 November 2025; the complaint was adjourned on 20 October 2026 to 26 January 2027; no verdict reported
- Ramanathan ArchchunaOn bail
- Seat challenged in the Court of Appeal, with arguments fixed for 16 December 2026; bailed in a firearm case in April 2026; no verdict reported in any case
- Ranil WickremesingheOn bail
- Arrested 22 August 2025 and released on bail; under investigation, no charge proven
- S. M. ChandrasenaOn bail
- Indicted and bailed 2 July 2026; no verdict reported
- Sagara KariyawasamOn bail
- Arrested and bailed 10 August 2026; no verdict reported
- Sajin Vass GunawardenaOn bail
- Arrested 9 March 2026 and bailed on 31 March 2026; separately indicted on 16 March 2026; no verdict reported
- Sanjaya SamarasingheOn bail
- Arrested by the Bribery Commission on 19 October 2026 and granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on 20 October 2026 on two sureties of Rs. 1 million each, with a travel ban; the case is fixed for 18 December 2026 according to Ada Derana and News First (Daily Mirror says 10 December)
- Shan Wijayalal de SilvaOn bail
- Arrested 10 June 2026 and granted bail 12 June 2026; no verdict reported
- Shashi WeerawansaConvictedOn bail
- On bail pending an appeal to the Supreme Court as of 12 October 2026
- Shiranthi RajapaksaOn bail
- Arrested 7 October 2026; granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate on 16 October 2026 on cash bail of Rs. 100,000 and two personal bonds of Rs. 10 million each, with an overseas travel ban. A medical report submitted that day indicated she requires heart bypass surgery. Earlier, on 13 October, she was further remanded and her lawyers told the court she was to undergo or was undergoing open-heart surgery; the court received a medical report with no indication of surgery, and the Cabinet spokesman said only an angiogram was performed. On 13 October the prosecution alleged in court that a CT scanner supplied by the Chinese government was presented as a donation from her organisation, and opposed bail. anticipatory bail in the separate police inquiry was refused on 12 October 2026; no charge proven
- Wasantha KarannagodaOn bail
- Arrested and bailed on 3 July 2026; indicted and bailed on 20 August 2026; case ordered called for trial on 23 November 2026; no verdict reported
- Yoshitha RajapaksaOn bail
- Arrested January 2025 and released on bail; separately indicted and bailed on 20 August 2026 in the Navy recruitment case, which the Colombo High Court ordered called for trial on 23 November 2026; no verdict reported