Judgment No. CCZ 9/2015 1
Const. Application No. CCZ 287/11
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DOUGLAS
TOGARASEI
THE
MWONZORA & 31 ORS
v
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE
CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, MALABA DCJ, ZIYAMBI JCC,
GWAUNZA JCC, GARWE JCC, GOWORA JCC,
HLATSHWAYO JCC, GUVAVA JCC, & MAVANGIRA AJCC
HARARE, JUNE 11, 2014
Z T Chadambuka, for the applicants
E Nyazamba, for the respondent
GARWE JA:
[1]
After perusing the papers filed of record and hearing counsel, the court dismissed the
application and indicated that the reasons for the order would follow in due course.
[2]
What follow are the reasons for that order.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
[3]
The applicants appeared before a Magistrate at Nyanga on 18 February 2011 facing
charges of public violence as defined in Section 36 of the Criminal Law [Codification
and Reform] Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The applicants were legally represented. At the
hearing the applicants raised a number of complaints regarding the manner of their
arrest. The matter was thereafter postponed on a number of occasions to enable the