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June 2024
State v Gondwe (Criminal Case 717 of 2024) [2024] SRMCL 1 (26 June 2024)
Bail granted where the State failed to prove incomplete investigations or likelihood of witness intimidation justified continued detention.
  • Criminal procedure — Bail and release pending investigation — Constitutional right to release with or without bail (s.42) — State’s burden to show interests of justice — Incomplete investigations not, by themselves, a ground to deny bail — 48‑hour rule and police subject to court direction.
26 June 2024