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\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
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\par MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 019 OF 2002}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445\charrsid15161445 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 14th June 2002
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\par Counsel:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 A. Wolf for Applicant
\par Mr D. Prasad for Respondent}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 The Applicant applies for bail pending re}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 trial.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 She was convicted of the offence of murder on 19}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 th}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  November 2001 by the High Court.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
She was alleged to have killed her baby on the 27}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  of January 2001.
\par 
\par Prior to her conviction, she was in custody pending trial.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 Her appeal against conviction was successful in the Court of Appeal and a re}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 trial was ordered.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
The date for re}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 trial is the 2}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 nd}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  of September 2002, although both defence counsel and prosecuting counsel have told me tha
t they may ask for an adjournment if other matters in the High Court in which the same counsel are involved, conflict with this hearing date.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 There is a possibility that the date may be vacated and that further delay may result.
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\par This application, made by motion and the affidavit of Ronald Prasad of the Legal Aid Commission, is on the grounds that the Applicant is unlikely to re}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 offend or to interfere with witnesses and that she will appear for trial.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 Further, counsel for the Applicant submits that the grant of bail will allow the Applicant to properly instruct counsel and consult with medical experts in a better environment.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 Further she wishes to seek counselling with counselling and support groups.
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\par The charge in this case is undoubtedly serious.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 However, as Pain J said in }{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 Kailash Chandra }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 v}{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  The State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
 Criminal Case No. 3/94, although it is unusual for bail to be granted in murder cases, it is not exceptional.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 In }{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 Timoci Naisake & Saula Matavucu }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 v}{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  The State}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  HAM0010D.2000S Madraiwiwi J, granted bail to two 
accused persons, pending trial for murder on the ground that they had been in custody for 13 months, that the court had no doubt that they would appear for trial, and because (at p.4) }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
{\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 65 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 ... there comes a point when the applicants can no longer be held hosta
ge to the process of criminal justice especially when the only bar to bail is the charge of murder.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 64 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
\par 
\par The State opposes bail, but is unable to show that the Applicant is likely to interfere with witnesses or will not appear for trial.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
It is not in dispute that the Applicant has no previous record and is resident in Suva.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
The only real ground for opposition to bail is that the charge is one of murder.
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\par It is indeed unusual for bail to be granted for murder.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 However in this case the Applicant has been in cust
ody for 18 months while she has been tried, and convicted, and had her conviction quashed on appeal.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 She remains in remand while her re}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 trial is pending.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
There will be a further delay of at least 3 months before her re}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 trial commences.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 Pathik J in }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 Daniel Azad Walli }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 v}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  State}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  Misc. Case No. 10 of 2001, refused bail pending re}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
trial, but in that case he found that there was a likely interference with the accomplice witness and that the appeal had been allowed on a technical point, that is, on the nature of the corroboration warning given to the assessors.
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\par In this case, the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal on the ground that the Applicant}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 s defence had not been properly put to the assessors.
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\par I consider that the Applicant has shown sufficient grounds to justify the grant of bail pending re}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 trial.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
Although the offence is extremely serious, there is no question that she will interfere with witnesses, and most importantly, that she will not attend court for her trial.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 It is this last consideration that is paramount in a bail application.
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\par Bail is therefore granted in the sum of $1000 with a surety of the same amount.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
She must report to the Central Police Station twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays between 6am and 6pm.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
She must appear in court on the 2}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 nd}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  of September 2002 when her trial will commence.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15161445 
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\par }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 JUDGE}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 
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\par At Suva
\par 14}{\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445 th}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10115295\charrsid15161445  June 2002
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