Stage of Charge

appreciating material at stage of charge
Case BriefsDistrict Court

“Criminal liability is founded on legally admissible material capable of giving rise to a sustainable inference, and not on conjecture, or investigative imagination.”

Case BriefsDistrict Court

“The Court is not to act merely as a post office or a mouthpiece of the prosecution. The Court must apply its judicial mind to the record to assess whether the material, taken at face value, discloses the essential ingredients of the alleged offence and raises grave suspicion, as distinct from a mere suspicion.”