The Court of Appeal today (July 3, 2026) dismissed a revision petition filed by Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, which sought to drop the "conspiracy" charge leveled against him in an ongoing money laundering case.
Through the petition, Rajapaksa had requested the court to issue a ruling declaring that the charge of conspiracy brought against him by the Attorney General under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act cannot be maintained in the Colombo High Court.
The verdict was delivered by a Court of Appeal judge bench comprising Justices Amal Ranaraja and Dr. Sumudu Premachandra, following a thorough examination of the arguments presented by both the petitioner and the prosecution.
