Read the full judgment text of CACC 000017/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 27 November 1998.
1. The Applicant seeks leave to appeal against his conviction for rape. At his trial before Deputy Judge Suffiad as he then was and a jury the Applicant was originally charged with both rape and an alternative charge of administering drugs to obtain or facilitate intercourse, contrary to s.121(1) of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200. At the conclusion of the prosecution case Mr. Hoosen made a submission of no case to answer on both charges. The judge ruled that there was a case to answer on the fir