The applicants filed 3 bail applications in this court on the same date. These applications relate to the same facts and hence I decided to combine the applications. I have dealt with the application in one single judgment for the sake of convenience. The applicants are facing charges of armed robbery in violation of section 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23). Applicants deny the allegations and aver that they have been wrongly implicated. The state opposes the application for bail on the grounds that there are compelling reasons for the denial of bail. The state... More
The applicant in this matter seeks as against the respondents an order as follows:-
“1. That the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents be and are hereby directed to release a sum of USD58 000 belonging to applicants within 24 hours of service of this order upon them.2. That 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents be and are hereby directed to pay costs of suit on an attorney and client scale jointly and severally with one paying and the other to be absolved.”
The background of this matter per applicant’s version is that applicant and 4th respondent entered into an agreement wherein... More
The petitioner and the respondent are political party activists. The former is a member of a political outfit which is known as Citizens for Coalition Change. The latter is a member of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. These are respectively referred to as CCC and ZANU (PF), for short. Both parties successfully filed their nomination papers with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (“ZEC”). They were sponsored by the political parties to which they are members. Both of them participated in the harmonized election which took place on 23 August, 2023. They were each vying for a parliamentary seat for Gwanda... More
This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is being charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. On the 2nd November 2020, applicant appeared at the Western Commonage Magistrate’s Court, Bulawayo, whereupon he was placed on remand and remanded in custody. The allegations from which the charge of murder arises are set out in the Police Form 242, a Request for Remand Form. It states that: - On the 29 October 2020, at number 15126 Cowdry Park, Bulawayo, applicant was drinking beer with Ben Sibanda... More
This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is facing a charge of murder in contravention of section 47 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23). The Applicant denies the allegations of murder and avers that he is a suitable candidate for bail. The State opposes this application.
The allegations against the applicant are summarised in the Request For Remand Form 242. On the 29th October 2020 applicant was in the company of Ben Sibanda (deceased) and one Robson Ndlovu who is at large. They were drinking alcohol. A dispute arose over applicant’s wife.... More
