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title: "Appeals Court upholds prison sentence for ex-Deputy Minister in bribery case"
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date: 2024-11-05
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# Appeals Court upholds prison sentence for ex-Deputy Minister in bribery case

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The Court of Appeal has upheld a prison sentence given to former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne who was found guilty of the charges of obtaining a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a woman after promising employment.

This order was issued when an appeal filed by the accused former Deputy Minister, seeking his acquittal from the case, was taken up before a two-member Appeals Court judge bench comprising Justices Sampath Abeykoon and P. Kumaran Rathnam today (05).

The former Deputy Minister was sentenced to 4 years of rigorous imprisonment after being found guilty over the relevant charges by the Colombo High Court.