Read the full judgment text of HCMA 508/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 September 2001.
1. I have allowed the 1st Appellant's appeal against conviction and he now applies for costs. Mr Chain submits that the general principle of awarding costs in criminal cases is that costs should be awarded to an acquitted defendant unless there are positive reasons not to do so. These reasons are, in general, that the defendant was acquitted on a technicality, or he had brought suspicion upon himself, or had misled the prosecution. These principles are correct.
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