3 I have looked at Sections 124 and 127 of the Criminal Code and it seems to me that, in order to secure a conviction under these sections of the law the prosecution must first establish the essential ingredients of the offences. Under Section 124 of the Criminal Code, the prosecution is required to first prove that: (a) A woman or girl was taken away or detained, (b) There was a desire to marry or have carnal knowledge of her, (c) The woman or girl did not give her consent, (d) The act was that of the accused person. Under Section 127 (1) of the Criminal Code, the prosecution is required to establish that: (a) There was carnal knowledge of a girl, (b) The act was unlawful, (c) The girl was under the age of eighteen years, and (d) The act was that of the accused person. I will now proceed to deal with these two sections one after the other. With regards to the Section 124 Count, the evidence of PW1 is that “each time the accused gets up; he locked me inside the house until the police arrived”. This piece of evidence was never challenged. To detain requires depriving a person from the liberty to go and come as he/she wishes. PW1 also led unchallenged evidence to the effect that