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Court name
Supreme Court
Case number
FH 53 of 2021
Counsel for plantiff
Anthony Juliette

The Anti-Corruption Commission v Lalanne (FH 53 of 2021) [2021] SCSC 801 (24 November 2021);

Media neutral citation
[2021] SCSC 801
Counsel for defendant
Basil Houareau
Headnote and holding:

Bail denied; prima facie case for remand established; offences serious; substantial grounds to suspect that accused may interfere with the evidence and abscond.The Applicant has proven that there is a prima facie case to detain the suspect in custody in pursuant to Section 101(1) of the Criminal procedure Code, herein after also referred to as "the Code", read with Article 18(7) (b) and (c) of the Constitution.

Coram
Govinden CJ