THE REPUBLIC vs. RAVI KAUSHIK AND VISHU BAWA AT LARGE [2022]DLHC11655

Date	2022-02-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO: F23/15/21
Citation No.	[2022]DLHC11655

HIS LORDSHIP DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J.

JOSEPH E. ABEKAH ESQ FOR APPELLANT

MABEL AIKINS FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2022]DLHC11655
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>RAVI KAUSHIK AND VISHU BAWA AT LARGE<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<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;">

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11TH FEBRUARY 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH E. ABEKAH ESQ FOR APPELLANT<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;">

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RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP DR. RICHMOND OSEI-HWERE J.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>This
is an appeal against the judgment of the District Court, Prestea dated 19th
November, 2020.<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant, an Indian national was charged with one count of causing unlawful damage
to property contrary to section 172 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)
and one count of stealing contrary to section 124(1) of Act 29. Per the court record,
Appellant pleaded guilty to both counts and the court convicted him on his own
plea. The court subsequently invoked section 35 of the Immigration Act, 2000
(Act 573) and made an order to the Ghana Immigration Service recommending his
deportation from the country.<o:p></o:p>Aggrieved
by the decision of the court, Appellant has filed the instant appeal praying
the court to set aside the conviction and the deportation order. The grounds of
appeal as captured in the petition of appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the Conviction of the Accused Person was wrong in law and Procedure.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;PARTICULARS<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Court failed to read out the
charges to the Accused Person as required by law and Procedure.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Court failed to take the Plea
of the Accused Person.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Court failed to read out the
facts as required by law and procedure<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the Court erred in law in making the order for his deportation.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;PARTICULARS<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the order was made without the
consent of the Chief Justice as required by law.<o:p></o:p>