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Police officers facing torture charges get bail Three police officers, indicted for torturing a theft suspect have been released by High Court Judge D. S. C. Lekamwasam after they pleaded not guilty to the charge. When the three police officers -- Inspector W.S. Uvandasiri, Sub Inspector W.M. Seneviratne and Sergeant W.G.Pathmasiri were brought before the Kandy High Court on Friday and the indictment was read out, they pleaded not guilty. Their lawyer Wijaya Wickramaratne asked Court that the three police officers be released on bail as they were serving officers. The Judge then ordered that the three suspects be released on bail. The case is to be taken up again on July 1. The three police officers were arrested on a complaint made by Chanaka Bandara Jayaratne, a suspect detained for the theft of a water pump, in June 2003.
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