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\par AT SUVA
\par MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 055 OF 2004S
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\par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 12th August 2004
\par Ruling:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 16th August 2004
\par 
\par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 Applicant in Person
\par Mr. P. Bulamainaivalu for State
\par 
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\par The Applicant was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment on the 2nd of July 2004 for one offence of aiding and abetting others to commit a felony, namely robbery with violence.
\par 
\par The Applicant now applies for bail on the grounds that his appeal is likely to succeed, and that a substantial portion of his term of imprisonment will have been served when his appeal is heard.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 In an application for bail pending appeal, the presumption in favour of bail is displaced, and it is for the Applicant to show the court why bail should be granted.}{
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The State opposes bail on the ground that the Applicant has not shown that he has clearly meritorious grounds of appeal, and that the appeal is not likely to be delayed.
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\par I am unable, without the court record to assess the likely success of the appeal.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 
However section 21 of the Penal Code allows a court to convict of the substantive charge although the evidence shows only an aiding and abetting.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 The Applicant says that he was only a passenger in the getaway vehicle and did nothing active to aid or abet.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 However, this is a question to be answered only when all the facts and evidence are before me.
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\par As for delay, the Magistrates\rquote  Court is required to submit to the High Court the court record, within 28 days of the filing of the petition of appeal.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 The High Court then sets a date for hearing within a month thereafter.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 The likely delay is therefore neither long nor unconscionable.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid918603  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9839231\charrsid918603 
A substantial portion of the sentence is unlikely to be served before the hearing of the appeal.
\par 
\par For these reasons, this application for bail is refused.
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\par At Suva
\par 16th August 2004
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