Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera who was issued a 09 months simple imprisonment, has been released on bail.
The Colombo High Court granted bail to Ven. Gnanasara Thera over the case related to the defamation of Islam.
Bail was granted after the revision petition submitted by the Thera requesting that he be released on bail as he has filed an appeal against that sentence, was taken up for hearing today.
In 2024, the Colombo High Court sentenced the Buddhist monk to four years of rigorous imprisonment for statements made in 2016 that were deemed harmful to national and religious harmony.
The case centred around remarks made by Ven. Gnanasara Thera concerning the Kuragala Buddhist Temple, during a press briefing in Colombo in 2016. (Newswire)