Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena granted Rajapaksa bail on Rs. 500,000 cash and two sureties - reported as Rs. 100 million each by Daily Mirror and NewsFirst, and Rs. 30 million each by Newswire - with a foreign-travel ban and a condition not to influence witnesses. The next date was fixed for 14 October 2026.
What changed?
Bail was refused in this proceeding on 29 September; it is now granted. It does not free him: he remains remanded in the CIABOC Airbus bribery case until 13 October and in the CIABOC Krrish bribery case until 6 October. Prosecutors have said a combined Airbus indictment will be filed; none has been filed and the allegations are unproven.
Remanded in the CID money-laundering proceeding; bail refused on 29 SeptemberGranted bail in this proceeding; still remanded in the Airbus bribery and Krrish bribery cases
What happens next?
14 October 2026: This proceeding returns to court on 14 October 2026.
