The Court of Appeal has today (16) released the imprisoned former Director of Criminal Investigations Department (CID ) nick named as Sherlock Holmes in Sri Lanka Police ,Shani Abeysekare on strict bail conditions .
The former CID Director Mr .Abeysekare had been bail out after considering the bail application submitted to the court by his lawyers .Sub Inspector Sugath Mendis who was remanded along with Mr .Abeysekare over the same offence had been also released on bsil today .
The Former CID Director and the Sub Inspector Mendis were imprisoned over the charges of creating false evidence on Former DIG Vaas Gunswardane in a case filed at courts .
Both Mr Abeysekare and Sub Inspector Mendis were asked to submit their passports to the courts .