THE REPUBLIC vs. EN HUANG, GAO JIN CHENG, LU QI JUN, HAIBIN GAO AND ZHANG ZHIPENG [2017]DLHC17259

THE REPUBLIC vs. EN HUANG, GAO JIN CHENG, LU QI JUN, HAIBIN GAO AND ZHANG ZHIPE... [2017]DLHC17259

Date	2017-06-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CR 344/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC17259

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE CHARLES EDWARD EKOW BAIDEN

JERRY ROSSY AKUETTEH ESQ

BERNARD OWERIDU DONKOR ESQ

ELLIS OWUSU-FORDWOUH ESQ.

MERCY ARTHUR ESQ

[2017]DLHC17259
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk157437484"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">EN HUANG, GAO JIN CHENG, LU QI JUN, HAIBIN GAO<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">AND ZHANG ZHIPENG<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>JERRY ROSSY AKUETTEH ESQ., WITH BERNARD OWERIDU DONKOR ESQ.,
BEING LED BY ELLIS OWUSU-FORDWOUH ESQ., FOR THE ACCUSED/APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

MERCY ARTHUR ESQ., SSA FOR THE RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">CORAM <o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE CHARLES EDWARD EKOW BAIDEN<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>[1]<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Before this Court is an application for
bail pending trial filed on 15 May 2017 to be moved on 18 May 2017. The
Respondent was served with the application on the same day and filed an affidavit
in opposition to the application on 18 May 2017 when the
application was to be moved. However, the matter was adjourned to 23 May 2017 for the Respondent to put its house in order. On the
return date, when the matter was to be heard, the Respondent filed a fresh charge sheet and substituted the
brief facts in relation to the case. A Supplementary Affidavit in Opposition to
the Motion was also filed that same day by the Respondent<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;THE CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST THE ACCUSED/APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p>[2]<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;