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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1521515 13 of 1978
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\par Mrs. Billeam, Counsel for the Respondent
\par Mr. G.P. Shankar, Counsel for the Appellant.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 It is the second appeal resulting from this action.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3871016  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 s (Ilisapeci}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 s) action had been dismiss
ed and she was the appellant. At the initial hearing before a magistrate she had put in a birth certificate showing the child}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 dence the period of gestation alleging Abhay Chandra to be the father was substantially over 12 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1995403 m}{
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 the magistrate not unnaturally dismissed her action.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 entioned I ordered various affidavits to be filed and it transpired that the birth certificate bearing 13/11/76}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14962424 
 was erroneous and that the correct date}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350  of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14962424  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 birth}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 P.W.2, a girl called Seinimili, used to visit Korovutu }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10884051 and sleep in the same bure. She}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 Th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10884051 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2315149  leaned magistrate in his judgm}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 ent said that he doubted that P.W. 2 frequently saw Ilisapeci and the appellant naked together and had P.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2315149 W}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 . 2 been the only source of corroboration he would not find for the co}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2315149 m}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 plainan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2315149 t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 
. However, he also relied upon other evidence to which I w ill refer later.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2315149\charrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 Mr. S.R. Shankar, fo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 r t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 he 
appellant mentioned the complainant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322\charrsid7674005 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 s evidence as to the dates of birth in these and the earlier proce}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 din}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 gs }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 and said she was unreliable in giving two d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 
tes, and that the court clerk would not inform the magistrate that it w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 as 13/11/76 if Ilisapeci had sa}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 i
d 13/3/76 was the birth date.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005  Mr Shankar was referred to the affidavit of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 
 the court clerk which had supported the truth of Ilisapeci}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322\charrsid7674005 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 s statement that the date she had in fact }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 mention}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7674005 ed was 13/3/76 and not}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 13/11/76}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7674005  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 Mr. Shankar agree}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16084414 d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7674005  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7674005  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 (although it is not recorded)}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7674005  -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005  that he had overlooked this and this is understandable as it was an affidavit sworn in support of Ilisapeci}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322\charrsid7674005 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 s application}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 to set aside the dismissal of her suit. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005 A}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 
ccordin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11090565 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 ly I see}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9579208\charrsid7674005  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 no contradiction there between her evidence in the trial and re-trial. On the contrary it would appear that her evidence}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383\charrsid7674005  as to the date of birth has bee}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid7674005 n particularly constant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 

\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383\charrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 The fact that she said the appellant was at Xavier}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383  College }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 when he was in fact attending Derrick Technical Institute was quoted as an instance of her unreliability but it is im}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 m}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 aterial.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14974206  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 
She did not go to his place of education but merely cla}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 imed to have associated with him at week-ends when he came}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 
 home from the place where he was being educated.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383\charrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 A point is made by the appellant that P.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 W}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14974206 .2, Seinim}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 ili did not giv}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14974206 e evidence at the first hearing}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13050100  and her appearance a}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 t the re-hearing is a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 matter for suspicion. But at the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350  fi}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13050100 rst hearing Ilisap}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 eci was not r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 epresente}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 d a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13050100 nd her}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383  additional witnesse}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 s at}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13050100  the re-hearing are no doubt due}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350  to the activity of}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 her counsel who appeared for her at the firs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 t appeal and}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350  the re-trial and who also appea}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 s in this appeal.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383\charrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9071383 At the re-hearing her evidence w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 as more detailed than at the first hearing when she was unrepresented. This is not surprising bu
t the fact that her evidence is now more detailed is not proof of a contradiction of her original evid}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 ence. It paints a stronger and m}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 ore detailed picture rather than }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 a diffe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 rent picture.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175\charrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 I cannot agree}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350  that the magistrate erred in acc}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 epting Ilisapeci}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 s more detail}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350  evidence}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3014688  and that he was thus over}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 looking major inconsi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 
stencies in relation to her former}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350  evidence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175\charrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 Grounds}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350  (b), (c) and (d) are related to gro}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 
und (a) which complains that there was no corroboration of Ilisa}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 p}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 eci}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3014688 s evidence implicating }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 the appellant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175\charrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 Evidence of an early association between the parties }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 in relation to the }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 date of the birth was obtained from P.W. 3, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7216302 Ratu}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175  Naisa}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7216302  Naruma}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 , during cross-ex}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 a}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 ination when he answered}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175  that he had }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3014688 often seen them }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 sitting together and talking outside }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175 his }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12279350 house in 1974. The appellant denies this.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14773175\charrsid12279350 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 The appellant adm}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 its that on 26/10/75 he t}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 ravelled }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 on a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 bus fro}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000  Ba to S}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 igatoka and he says that by some peculiar chance Ilisape}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 ci was on the same }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 bus and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 informed him that she }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 was v}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 isiting relatives in Sigatoka. When the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 bus reached Sigatoka he says that she}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000  said it was too}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000  late to go to her }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 
elatives and he agreed to take }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 her to Navua where he }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 had been working for a time. He booked her into a double }
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 oom at the Beachcomber Hotel and claims that she seduced him and he alleges }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 next morni}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10508080\charrsid12469000 ng she claimed that he had made her pregnant. The magistrate}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5186143\charrsid12469000 , not surprisingly had no hesita}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 
tion in rejecting that story. In order to entrap the appellant in the manner that his evidence sugge}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5186143\charrsid12469000 sts Ilisapeci would have to have}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000  some }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5186143\charrsid12469000 p}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12279350\charrsid12469000 
revious knowledge of his proposed bus journey to Navua so}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5186143\charrsid12469000  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5775759\charrsid12469000 
that she could contrive to be on the same bus as he. It is very doubtful that she could have such knowledge if his evidence }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5858257\charrsid12469000 i}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5775759\charrsid12469000 s truthful because he says that he never walked or strolled with her,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5858257\charrsid12469000  he
 did not converse with her and he did not know her at all well. She would have had to know reasonably well in advance that he was going to Navua and on his evidence it would be most unlikely that she would in any way be aware}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5974002\charrsid12469000  of his proposed movements. Aga
in she would have to risk being left in Sigatoka or Navua late in the evening with no accommodation if her plan to entrap the appellant failed and he did not invite her to accompany him. It occurs to me that the scheme which the appellant says was devised
 by Ilisapeci was meticulously thought out for such a young country girl }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11094506\charrsid12469000 who cannot read and write. I doubt if she would display such sophisticated cunning. Mor}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12206595\charrsid12469000 eover}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12206595 , if the appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12206595 s evidence is true this uneducated country girl was going to enormous tro
uble to fix parenthood upon a young man whom she scarcely knew. Why on earth should she choose the appellant if she only had a very slight acquaintance with him?}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7873636 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12206595 
\par In my view the magistrate was justified in accepting Ilisapeci}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12206595 s version that when she told t
he appellant that she was pregnant he arranged to take her to Navua. They only stayed one night at Beach}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469000 
comber Hotel and then went to Suva where they stayed with a relative of the appellant. They remained in that house from 26/10/75 to 5/11/75 when the appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469000 s uncle and P.W.3 Ratu Naisa Naruma came to collect them and took them to Lautoka. What possible o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 
bligation could the appellant owe to Ilisapeci to cause him to act in that manner following a chance meeting on the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid395013 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 
bus. On his evidence she was no mo
re than a passing acquaintance who had cunningly seduced him. Clearly the magistrate was justified in taking the view that the appellant acted in this manner because he knew Ilisapeci very well, knew he was responsible for }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid395013 her }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 condition and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid395013 at }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 that stage w
as not prepared to contest his liability.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12206595 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 
\par The appellant and Ilisapeci were taken in Lautoka by the appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 
s uncle where she stayed with a relative of the appellant called K. Bal Ram and the appellant stayed with his uncle. After 2 or 3 days P.W. 4 Kitione }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid395013 
and the appellant's father came from Ba area to Lautoka where Kitione }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 collected Ilisapeci and took her to Yalalevu. The appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 s father gave P.W }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6442586 4 $50.00.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2194652 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6442586 
\par Normally one seeks corroboration of the complainant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6442586 s evidence implicating the
 putative father in the way of his conduct at and immediately preceding the time of conception. In this case, apart from the dubious P.W. Seinimili, there is no such evidence which could amount to corroboration}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1455777 . How}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11014696 ever, the appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11014696 
s behaviour subsequent to Ilisapeci becoming pregnant is most significant having regard to her complaint against him. Taking her by }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11014696 
bus to Navua on 26.10.75; sleeping with her at the Beachcomber Hotel that same evening overnight}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4010085 ; and then staying with her in the house of one of his relatives in Suva,}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7487510 
 reveals an association of a very intimate nature for a period of 10 days, and points to the existence before 26.10.75 of a close relationship. It corroborates her evidence that they were lovers not simply from 26.10.75 onwards but prior to that date.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5969957  It corroborates her evidence that he took her to Nav}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16084414 ua following an arrangement they}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5969957 
 made together, and supports her contention that he knew of her pregnancy and was responsible for it.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6442586 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12936925 
\par The conduct of the appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12936925 s parents and relat
ives in bringing the appellant and Ilisapeci back from Suva to their home area in Ba province and giving her $50.00 is pertinent. Mr. Shankar argues that the conduct of the appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12936925 s relatives cannot compromise him because he has no control over them. Ho
wever, one may reasonably suppose that they acted as they did because of what the appellant had told them. They did not act with the righteous indignation of parents whose son had been compromised by some scheming immoral female and they did not}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5647433  bring him away from Suva and leave her to her own devices. On the contrary they consulted and acted in conjunction with her family}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4878814 .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14510441  The appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14510441 
s relatives have not given evidence as to why they acted in this manner and in the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9207437 absence of such evidence the magistra
te could do little else but he guided by their conduct. He had been educated in Suva and whilst he was away from home at Xavier College and Derrick Institute it was not necessary to send uncles from Lautoka at week-ends to bring the appellant home. Whilst
 he worked at Navua after leaving the institute the appellant seems to have returned home without parental assistance and prompting. The actions of his parents in bringing h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16084414 
im home and in contacting Ilisa}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9207437 peci}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9207437 s parents does not suggest that the appellant}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632  had phone them in to save him from an outrageously immoral female.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12936925 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 
\par There was therefore evidence which the magistrate could and obviously did regard as corroboration of Ilisapeci}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12257322 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 s evidence.
\par 
\par Ground 4 was very properly abandoned.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16084414 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 For the foregoing reasons the appeal is dismissed.
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632\charrsid16716632 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16716632 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632\charrsid16716632 (Sgd.) J.T. WILLIAMS
\par JUDGE}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12279350 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16084414 LAUTOKA,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid806262 22nd September, 1978.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7873636 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16716632 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 Messrs G.P. Shanka}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4878814 r}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632  & Co. for the Appellant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7873636 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 The Public L}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16084414 egal Adviser for the Respondent.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12279350 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7873636 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12257322 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 Date of Hearing: 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16591065 9}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16716632 th September, 1978.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7873636 
\par }}