Soldier gets RI for non-payment of fine
By Laila Nasry
A soldier recently was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment by the Court of Appeal for defaulting to pay a fine previously imposed by court, on his having been convicted for the abduction of two men.

Justice P. Wijeratne sentenced Private A.A. Lionel Mithraratne, to one year's RI when he told court that he was unable to pay the fine of Rs. 200,000 imposed upon him previously by court.

Private Mithraratne was fined consequent to being convicted for the abduction of one Sarath Kumara and A.A. Kularatne, brother and husband respectively of the petitioner Prema Navaratne Menike of Kuruwita.

The petitioner went to court alleging that her brother and husband had been abducted by a gang of armed persons in October 1989 during the insurrection. The soldier, also a relative of the woman, was found guilty of abducting the two men, due to personal animosity arising out of a land dispute.

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