THE REPUBLIC vs. AGBEVIADE DOTSE AND DOWODOE VINCENT [2018]DLHC4078

Date	2018-04-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. F23/66/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC4078

ERIC BAAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

GORDON C. AKPADIE FOR APPLICANT

BARBARA YORKE FOR RESPONDENT

[2018]DLHC4078
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AGBEVIADE DOTSE AND
DOWODOE VINCENT<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p>SUIT
NO. F23/66/2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;17TH APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GORDON
C. AKPADIE FOR APPLICANT <o:p></o:p>BARBARA
YORKE FOR RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>ERIC
BAAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>RULING<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The
1st accused/applicant has been charged for possession of narcotic drugs,
contrary to Section 2(1) of the Narcotic Drugs (Control Enforcement and Sanctions)
Law, 1990, (PNDCL 236). <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I
take note of the position of the Republic not to oppose the application for
bail. That decision is weighty and enures to the benefit of the applicant.
However, that in itself cannot compel this court to grant the application and
admit the applicant to bail. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
rules for the grant or refusal of an application for bail are provided for by
statute and those rules reign supreme in such applications. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It
is also a truism under our constitutional dispensation that an accused person
is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The Supreme Court in German v The Republic
(2003-2004)2 SCGLR 784, explained that, "the
presumption of innocence
in article 19(2) of the 1