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PRAH AND OTHERS
V.
THE REPUBLIC

(1976) JELR 66469 (HC)

High Court 13 May 1976 Ghana
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- The applicants have been charged with the offence of murder and have been remanded in custody. - Their counsel has brought an application for bail under the Criminal Procedure Code. - The applicants claim they have not taken part in the a

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Judges:ABOAGYE J.
Counsel:O. K. SAMPSON (FOR AMPONSAH-DADZIE) FOR THE APPLICANTS; ADINYIRA STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE RESPONDENT.

ABOAGYE J.

The applicants herein have been charged before the District Court/Grade II, Cape Coast, with the offence of murder contrary to section 46 of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29). On 3 May 1976, they were all remanded in custody. This application for bail for them has been brought by their counsel, Mr. E. M. Amponsah-Dadzie, under the Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30), s. 96 (3). In an affidavit supporting the application it has been stated that the accused persons have been wrongly arrested and charged with the offence as none of them could be said to have taken part in the alleged murder of the victim, a child by name Benjamin Coleman. A copy of the motion paper and the supporting affidavit were served on learned state attorney but no affidavit in opposition was filed. This means that the facts deposed to in the applicants’ affidavit are not denied by the Republic.

At the hearing of the application the learned state attorney referred to the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendmen…

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