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\li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 Between:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6515637\charrsid6515637 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6515637\charrsid6515637 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 MAHESH PRASAD \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 Applicant \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 And:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6515637\charrsid6515637 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6515637\charrsid6515637 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 THE STATE \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 Respondent \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6515637 Hearing: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 12th February 2004 \par Ruling:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6515637 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 12th February 2004 \par \par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6515637 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 Ms S. Devan for Applicant \par Mr. N. Lajendra for Respondent \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10367951 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6515637\charrsid10367951 RULIN}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid10367951 G \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 \par The Applicant applies for bail pending sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 He relies on the affidavit of Mahendra Prasad (his father) filed on the 10th of February 2004. \par \par The facts available are that he was charged on one count of larceny by servant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 He is alleged to have st olen $14,803.00 from New India Assurance Company Ltd.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 The charge was first laid on 30th June 2003.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 He pleaded not guilty and a hearing date was set.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 On the second hearing date he pleaded guilty and told the court he wished to pay back the money stolen.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 The learned Magistrate adjourned the matter to the 22nd of December 2003 to allow him to find the money.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 He had already paid back $6000.00 of the total.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 He did not appear on the 22nd of December and a bench warrant was issued.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 It was executed on the 6th of Fe bruary and he remains in custody until 20th February when he will be sentenced. \par \par Mahendra Prasad says of his son\rquote s failure to appear: \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid10367951 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 \'93 I verily believe that the reason for my son not appearing on the 22nd of December 2003 was that he was unable to make arrangements for the full sum and was as such late to the court, which resulted in a bench warrant being issued against him.\'94 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 \par Counsel submitted that bail should be granted because his young family is suffering as a result of his incarceration, he has been o ffered a job at Carpenters to commence on 9th February, he has now fully repaid the money stolen and he is likely to be given a suspended sentence. \par \par State counsel opposes bail.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 He says that restitution was only done when the court gave him time to pay, tha t there was no genuine remorse, that the Applicant failed to appear in court whilst on bail and has lost his right to bail and that a suspended sentence is not the likely sentence in the circumstances of this case. \par \par Although persons awaiting trial have a right to bail, the Applicant is not awaiting trial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 He has pleaded guilty and is now awaiting sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 Further, he has been shown to have already been in breach of his bail conditions.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 He failed to appear in court on the 22nd of December, and although his father\rquote s explanation may explain why he was late on the 22nd of December, it does not explain why he did not appear voluntarily in court on the 22nd of December or any other day until he was arrested in February 2004.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 Finally, a suspended sentence is by no means the likely sentence in this case. \par \par The High Court has, in the past upheld or imposed suspended sentences for fraud cases in those exceptional cases where the accused was a first offender, pleaded guilty and where he reimbursed the complainant in a genuine attempt at reparation.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 A suspended sentence is not appropriate where the accused appears to be buying his way out of jail, and only reimburses the victim because he knows he will otherwise be given a custodial sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 A court should not adjourn sentencing for the purpose of reimbursement, because, as has often been said, the court is not a debt-collecting agency and if the accused\rquote s remorse was genuine, he would not need either prompting or time to effect full reparation (}{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 State v. Raymond Roberts}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 HAA0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 53 of 2003S.) \par \par In all the circumstances I consider that bail should not be granted.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 This application is dismissed. \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10367951 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid10367951 Nazhat Shameem \par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid10367951 JUDGE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6515637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10367951\charrsid6515637 At Suva \par 12th February 2004 \par }}