Puttalam High Court gave 2 years rigorous imprisonment on former North Western Provincial Councilor Ananda Sarath Kumara for ordering a female teacher of Navagaththegama Isuru Maha Vidyalaya to kneel down.
Delivering the verdict when the case was taken up today, High Court Judge Priyantha Fernanado also ordered the defendant to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 and Rs 300,000 in compensation to the female teacher in question.