Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera was brought before the Colombo High Court by prison officials on Tuesday, in connection with a warrant issued by the court.
The monk appeared in court wearing civilian clothes.
In September, the Supreme Court annulled the presidential pardon granted to him in 2019. He had served about nine months of a six-year sentence before former President Maithripala Sirisena pardoned him in May 2019.
Following the ruling, Gnanasara Thera was reported missing, and the Court of Appeal issued an open warrant for his arrest to enforce the sentence.
The Court of Appeal on Monday ordered authorities to enforce the remaining period of the sentence imposed on him for contempt of court.
