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The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal and affirmed life imprisonment for unnatural offences involving child victims, finding the evidence and caution statement sufficient.
The caution statements were not recorded within the statutory period and appellants were tortured, rendering the statements involuntary and inadmissible. The evidence against appellants was weak and did not prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.
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The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal, finding the identification evidence unreliable and the caution statements improperly admitted.
The appeal was allowed because contradictions in the prosecution evidence regarding who was found with the firearm, lack of corroborative documentation, and failure to properly inquire into the voluntariness of caution statements undermined the prosecution case. The prosecution failed to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt.
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The court found that material contradictions existed in the prosecution evidence regarding who was found in possession of the firearm, and that the trial magistrate failed to address the voluntariness of the caution statements. The lack of corroborative evidence and proper documentation further weakened the prosecution case. Consequently, the prosecution failed to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt.
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