On 26 January 2016, the suspects in the case relating to the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda were produced in the Magistrate’s Court of Homagama.
During the proceedings, Gnanasara Thero, who was not a party to the proceedings or a witness, had entered the courtroom and
(i) obstructed the proceedings by beginning to address the Magistrate;
(ii) declared that he would not accept the orders of the Magistrate;
(iii) ordered the Magistrate to grant bail to the suspects; and
(iv) described the Senior State Counsel who was appearing for the prosecution as “an impotent state officer”.
This violent display of verbal threats and open defiance directed at the Magistrate constituted contempt of court.
මෙහෙම කරපු කෙනෙකුට සමාව දෙන්න පුලුවන්ද?