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The High Court allowed a rape appeal, quashing the conviction and sentence after finding the complainant’s failure to name the appellant early undermined her credibility.
The appellant was properly convicted of unnatural offence based on credible identification evidence, corroborated by medical and circumstantial evidence, and the defence of alibi was raised late and disproved. The charge was sufficiently informative and any defect was curable. No miscarriage of justice occurred.
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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal for unnatural offence, finding the complainant’s account untrustworthy, with unexplained delay and missing material witnesses.
The prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt due to lack of credible and reliable evidence from the victim, absence of timely identification of the accused, inconsistencies regarding the victim's age, and failure to provide scientific proof of paternity when the accused denied involvement.
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The Court of Appeal quashed a conviction for carnal knowledge after finding the successor magistrate gave no reasons for taking over the trial, causing material prejudice.
The Court of Appeal allowed a second criminal appeal, finding the complainant’s delayed naming of the appellant without explanation made her evidence unreliable.
The Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction, holding that PW1’s recognition evidence was reliable and sufficiently corroborated by the surrounding circumstances.
The High Court allowed the appeal, quashed convictions for rape and impregnating a school girl, and ordered the appellant’s release.
The prosecution failed to prove the charge as laid in the charge sheet due to variance and uncertainty regarding the date of commission of the offence, and did not amend the charge to reflect evidence of multiple incidents; this failure created reasonable doubt and entitled the appellant to acquittal.
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The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the victim was below 18 years, penetration occurred, and the appellant was the perpetrator; statutory rape was established and the appellant's defence was not credible.
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