Senior Resident Magistrate Court Lilongwe - 2024

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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