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\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par AT SUVA
\par CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7416534 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534\charrsid7416534 CRIMINAL CASE NO: HAC0}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 030 OF 2004S
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7416534 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 v.
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7416534 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 SAVENACA NADRUGUCA
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\par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 3rd November 2004
\par Ruling:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 5th November 2004
\par 
\par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 Ms L. Chandra for State
\par Accused in Person
\par 
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\par On the 14th of September 2004, the Applicant who is charged with rape, was refused bail by this court.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 
He was refused bail on the basis that the alleged victim, who is 7 years old, lives not far from the Applicant, on the ground of his previous failure to respect his bail conditions and of his inability to provide cash bail.
\par 
\par On the 28th of October, he made a second application for bail, this time on the ground that the conditions of his custody were inhumane and degrading.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 I adjourned the bail hearing to the 2nd of November to allow State counsel to respond.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 She did so, by filing the affidavit of Aisea Taoka, the Commissioner of Prisons.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 That affidavit states that from the 18th of August to the 28th of October 2004 the Applicant was accommodated in the main cell block.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534 
 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 On the 28th of October he was transferred to the dormitory (Sacau) within the prison complex.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 The dormitory has 4 large windows, the building has no leaks and is well-ventilated, each prisoner has bunk-style accommodation and the dormitory has toilets and sinks.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 
Further the remand prisoners have access to proper facilities to have meals in the dormitory and are also given time outside the dormitory daily.
\par 
\par Having seen the Applicant\rquote s former accommodation at the Korovou Prison, during my visit to the prison on the 5th of October 2004, I consider that I would have had no choice but to grant bail to him had he remained there.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 This is in accordance with my reasoning in }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 
State v. Eugene Ladpeter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  HAC0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 019 of 2004S and }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 
State v. Senijieli Boila & Another}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  HAC0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 032 of 2004S.
\par 
\par However he is now in humane accommodation.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 
He himself agrees that the dormitory is more comfortable than the cells but complains of the noise.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 
He states that he cannot prepare for trial in the dormitory.
\par 
\par The Applicant is unlikely to surrender to custody if granted bail.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 
He is in no position to provide cash bail and the alleged victim is 7 years old.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 His trial commences in February 2005.
\par 
\par In these circumstances I consider that despite the Applicant\rquote s complaints about the dormitory, the conditions of his custody do not outweigh the consideration that he is unlikely to surrender to custody.
\par 
\par For these reasons bail is refused.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7416534  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3957816\charrsid7416534 However it is refused on the basis that I have accepted State counsel\rquote 
s assurance (on the basis of the assurance of the Officer-in-Charge of the Korovou Prison) that the Applicant will remain in the dormitory until his trial.
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\par At Suva
\par 5th November 2004
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