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By Thineth Korasagalla (LLB)
What is a crime? In basic terms, a crime is an illegal conduct that is penalised by the State or another authority. A crime or offence is an act that is damaging not just to a person but also to a community, society, or the State.
Offences can be divided mainly into three categories: Penal Code offenses, other Statutory Offenses, and Gazette Regulation offenses.
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This murder case is the true story of the thriller movie called Dadayama directed by Vasantha Obesekara in 1984. It stars Ravindra Randeniya and Swarna Mallawarachchi in lead roles along with Somy Rathnayake and Irangani Serasinghe and others.
This tragedy happened on March 14, 1959. J. Ananda (1st Defendant) was a playful person from an aristocratic family. He worked as...
Child abuse is a national problem. In Sri Lanka, child abuse, maltreatment, and trafficking are on the rise. With the development of technology and online platforms, child abuse has increased rapidly. This is evident by the number of child abuse cases we hear of through mass media and social media. Considering the data, it seems that children are abused by their parents,...
A few days ago, Mohamed Niyaz Nowfer alias ‘Potta Nowfer’, who was on death row, succumbed to the Covid-19 virus.
He was sentenced to death over the murder of former High Court Judge, Justice Sarath Ambepitiya and this case was one of the much talked about topics at the time. With regard to this case, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Sri Lanka Police...
Mystery death of Padmini Kularathne:
Murder is a punishable offence under section 296 of the Penal Code of Sri Lanka. Human beings are killing other humans for many reasons.
For some such reasons, the law has given the opportunity to get a less punishment for such offences.
Culpable homicide
An offense that is not amounting to murder is known as Culpable Homicide. Those instances are called the defences in...
By Thineth Korasagalla (LLB)
This tragedy has become the first time in the history of Sri Lanka that a bomb was mailed as a parcel through post office and a...
We are living in a world where technology is developing rapidly day by day and new inventions are being made on a daily basis....