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I have looked at the evidence on record, and I cannot conjecture how
PW1 would have been able to lead the police to the accused person’s
residence if she had never visited there before. PW1 has an
unmistaken identity of the accused. There is also unchallenged
evidence that PW1 was found at the Fajikunda neighborhood. When
these facts are put together they form a perfect jigsaw pointing
unshakenly to one conclusion; that the person who kidnapped PW1 is
the accused and nobody else.
The allegation by the defense that the accused had initially made
reference to a taxi driver as the person who took her away appears to
me to be a well thought out plan designed to throw dust into the eyes
of the Court thus preventing it from doing justice in this matter. DW2
who said she over head PW3 saying that the accused was taken away
by a taxi driver would admit under cross examination that she “will
wish the Court to show mercy on the accused if found liable” and that
she will do anything to safe her husband from trouble. This lends
support to the fact that DW2 was also deliberate in her attempt to
mislead this court. From the above, I am satisfied that the elements of
the offence under Count I have been successfully established by the
prosecution and this I shall further hold as a fact.
Turning now to Count II, the prosecutrix has testified in support of this
Count that the accused had unlawful carnal knowledge of her and
without her consent. I must point out straight away that the proviso to
Section 185 (2) of the Evidence Act is not relevant to this trial because