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High Court grants bail for bailable economic offences with conditions tailored to high alleged pecuniary loss and multiple accused.
* Criminal procedure – Bail – Economic offence – Jurisdiction of High Court to grant bail where occasioning loss to a specified authority alleges significant pecuniary value. * Bail conditions – deposit or equivalent immovable property, reliable sureties (one public servant), surrender of travel documents, reporting obligations, non‑departure without leave, verification by trial court. * Principle – bail protects presumption of innocence and is appropriate where offences are bailable and prosecution does not object.
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30 December 2015 |