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Bulawayo High Court
Mehluli Ndlovu and Peter Dube v The State
HB 46/21
Case Details
Court
Bulawayo High Court
Date
18 March 2021
Citation
HB 46/21
Neutral Citation
[2021] ZWHB 46
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
Kabasa J
Full Bench
Kabasa J
Areas of Law
Criminal procedureBail law
Keywords
bail pending trialflight riskwarrant of arrestevading arrest
Tags
bail applicationappeal against refusal of bailflight risk
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act
- Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act
- Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act
- Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
- Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the court a quo misdirected itself in finding the appellants were flight risks and denying bail","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"1.5 year delay in arrest, warrants of arrest issued, police raids required for arrest"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The two appellants were charged with assault and robbery committed in July 2019. They evaded arrest from August 2019 until January 2021 when they were finally arrested during police raids at their homes. The magistrate denied bail on grounds that they were flight risks.
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