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Court name
Supreme Court
Case number
17 of 2009

Republic v Payet & Anor (17 of 2009) [2009] SCSC 122 (10 May 2009);

Media neutral citation
[2009] SCSC 122
Coram
Gaswaga, J

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF SEYCHELLES

 

THE REPUBLIC

VS.

CLAUDE PAYET(Accused)

GORDON PAYET (Accused)

 

 

Criminal Side No. 17 of 2009

 

 

Ms. Ceasar for the Republic

Mr. Chetty for the Accused

 

RULING

 

Gaswaga, J

 

The accused is admitted to bail on the following conditions:

 

  1. The accused should deposit a cash bail of Rs. 10, 000/-. He should also provide two sureties to be approved by the Court. Each will sign a bond of Sr. 10, 000/- (not cash).

 

  1. The accused should not leave the jurisdiction of Seychelles without an order of this Court.

 

  1. The accused should not interfere with the witnesses or the course of justice in this case in any way or get involved in any criminal activity.

 

  1. The accused should surrender his passport or any travel documents in his possession to the Registrar of the Supreme Court before the release order is signed and he should not apply for none if he does not have any.

 

  1. The first accused should report to the nearest police station that being the Anse Boileau police station and the second accused is to report to the nearest police station that being the Anse Etoile police station, once a week without fail.

 

  1. If any of these conditions is breached this order for bail will be revoked and the accused will be remanded in custody unless a plausible explanation is offered.

 

The Registrar is to convey this order to the Director of Immigration and the Commissioner of Police.

 

I so order.

 

 

 

D. GASWAGA

JUDGE

Dated this 11th day of May, 2009