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\f36\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp5129 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par At Suva
\par Appellate Jurisdiction
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
\par CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 20 OF 1991
\par 
\par Between:
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 PRAKASH CHANDRA
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 s/o Ram Lal
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082\charrsid213082 Appellant
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
\par v.
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 THE STATE}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082\charrsid213082 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 Respondent
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid213082 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
\par Appellant in Person
\par Mr. J. Naigulevu for the Respondent
\par }{\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tqc\tx3969\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid213082 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 JUDGMENT
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\par The appellant was charged with }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 Rape}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  when he first appeared on the }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 19th January 1989}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  before the Nausori Magistrate Court.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 On that day his plea was not taken and at the request of the prosecutor the matter was adjourned to enable the appellant to be examined at }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 St. Giles Mental Hospital}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  to ascertain the appellant's fitness to plead to the charge.
\par 
\par Thereafter the case was adjourned on no less than 20 {\*\bkmkstart QuickMark}{\*\bkmkend QuickMark}occasions until the 3rd of April 1990 (}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 i.e. 15 months later}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 ) when the appellant (}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 in the absence of a psychiatrist's report}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 ) is recorded to have said in answer to the charge}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  
\par 
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\par Once again the case was adjourned until the 18th of July 1990 when again in the absence of a }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082\charrsid213082 psychiatric}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
 report the appellant is recorded as having changed his plea from not guilty to}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  
\par 
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\par On this latter occasion however the appellant appears to have disputed the facts outlined and the court changed his plea back to one of }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082 '}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 not guilty'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  and adjourned the case to the 12th of September, 1990 for hearing.
\par 
\par On the 13th of September 1990 the court record reveals that the appellant pleaded }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 guilty'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  and admitted the facts outlined by the prosecutor.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
He was convicted and sentenced to }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 3 years 8 months}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
 imprisonment finally disposing of the case almost 21 months after the charge was first laid and more seriously (}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 it appears}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 ) in the absence of a psychiatric report.
\par 
\par I say }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 it appears'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
 because although there is a psychiatric report on the appellant dated the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 16th of June 1989}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
 enclosed in the original Magistrate Court file, no reference has ever been made to the presence or contents of the report in the court record other than an entry dated the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
14th of February 1990}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  to the effect that the report had not been received, yet the report in the file is stamped as having been received in the
 Nausori Magistrate Court on the 22nd of June 1989 }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 almost 9 months earlier}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 .
\par 
\par This court has had the benefit of perusing the appellant's psychiatric report, which concludes as follows}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  
\par 
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 in court now, but he should not be held responsible for his actions as charged for he is not aware of it and its consequences."}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
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\par Learned State Counsel referring to }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 Sections 148}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  and }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 150}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  of the CPC accepts that the learned trial magistrate was wrong in conv
icting the appellant in the face of the report, instead he submits the appellant should have been found not guilty by reason of insanity and been committed to }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 St. Giles Hospital}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  for treatment pending the decision of the Governor-General (}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 now the President}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 ).
\par 
\par Unfortunately this Court cannot agree.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 The appellant was found capable of entering a plea and is recorded as having pleaded guilty.}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 The facts outlined and the medical report submitted by the prosecution and admitted by the appellant clearly supported the charge.}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 Furthermore, his mitigation reinforces his understanding of the nature and wrongness of his actions.
\par 
\par At most the appellant's mental condition may be described as }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 diminished responsibility'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  but he is neither legally }{\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 nor}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  clinically insane.}
{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 Needless to say the psychiatrist's report did not express that view nor is this the appellant's first conviction.
\par 
\par In the circumstances the appellant's conviction is upheld.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid213082  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 His sentence however, ought not to have been made to begin on the }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 20th of September 1990}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
 for no proper reason attributable to the appellant and in the circumstances is reduced to 3 years and ordered to take effect from the }{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 19th of January 1989}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082  when the charge was first laid against him.
\par 
\par Subject to the above adjustments to the appellant's sentence this appeal is dismissed.
\par 
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\par }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid213082 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15797999\charrsid213082 
\par At Suva,
\par 11th April, 1991.
\par }}