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CASE NO: HAM00}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 67 OF 2004S \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 Between:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 PENI TUKAI \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 Applicant \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 And:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 THE STATE \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 Respondent \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 10th November 2004 \par Ruling:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 16th November 2004 \par \par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 Applicant in Person \par Mr. W. Kuruisaqila for State \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 RULING \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par The Applicant makes another bail application on the ground that the conditions of his custody are unacceptable to him.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 He says that although he was moved to the \'93Sacau\'94 dormitory on the 3rd of November, he did not like it there and was sent back to his old cell in the Main Cell Block.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 He says that he is kept with convicted prisoners and that his cell is old and in a bad condition. \par \par The State objects to bail.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 State counsel called the Officer-in-Charge of the Korovou Prison to give evidence.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 His evidence, which I accept, is that the Applicant has remained in the Main Cell Block at his own request.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 He said that the Applicant was not popular with the other remand prisoners and that he did not wish to b e confined with them in the dormitory.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 He described the conditions in the dormitory.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 Those conditions are a vast improvement on the condition of the Awaiting Trial Block, which I saw when I visited the Korovou Prison on the 5th of October 2004.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 He said he did not know if the Applicant wished to be kept in the Awaiting Trial Block but that the Applicant was in a single cell and was fed and given exercise at the same time as the convicted prisoners. \par \par I consider that the Applicant has chosen not to stay in the dormitory-style accommodation offered to remand prisoners by the Officer-in-Charge.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 In so doing, he has chosen to be in a cell in the Old Cell Block.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 It appears that the Awaiting Cell Block, the cells of which I described as inhumane and degrading in }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 Senijieli Boila and Pita Nainoka v. State}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 HAC0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 032 of 2004S is now full of convicted prisoners, and there is no room there for the Applicant anyway.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 I did not see the Main Cell Block on my prison visit. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 The Applicant is not sharing his cell with other prisoners.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 He is following a timetable for convicted prisoners, which appears to be far more favourable than that for remand prisoners.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 I do not consider that the conditions of custody outweigh the reasons for refusal of bail earlier in the High Court.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 It is in the public interest that he remain in custody until trial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 Bail is refused. \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 Nazhat Shameem \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 JUDGE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3998457 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3998457\charrsid3998457 \par At Suva \par 16th November 2004 \par }}