Lucas Appuhamy v. Maturata and others - Rights Case Law Sri Lanka

Case Reference/File No	[1994] 1 SriLR 401
Case Name	Lucas Appuhamy v. Maturata and others
Court	Supreme Court
Date of judgement	11^th Nov 1994
Judges	Fernando J Amerasinghe J Dheeraratne J
Parties	Petitioners Lucas Appuhamy Vs Respondents 1. OIC of the Police Station 2. a police officer 4^th, 5^th and 6^th respondents – police officers who arrested the petitioner
Keywords	Fundamental rights – Articles 11 and 13(1) of the Constitution – arrest and torture
Head note
Brief facts	On 22^nd Feb 1994, the intoxicated petitioner was provoked on a bus assaulted the 3^rd respondent. Later the petitioner was arrested on a complaint made by the 3^rd respondent. The Court held that there was sufficient basis for the arrest and such arrest was not violating Article 13 (1) of the Constitution since the arrest was done according to the legal proceedings as per the Code of Criminal Procedure Act. Additionally, considering the incompatibilities between the medical evidence and the petitioner’s version, the court held that there was no violation of fundamental rights as alleged by the petitioner.
Judicial Precedence
Legislation Title	The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1978
Area	Articles 11 and 13(1) of the Constitution