NANA KWARTENG AMANING AND OTHERS V. THE REPUBLIC

MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A: On 16-8-2010, the Circuit Court, Kumasi, found the 3 accused persons guilty on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime, to wit; fraudulent Transactions in Land, contrary to section 23 of Act 29/60 and section 34 (a) of Act 122/62 of Land Title Act and making a grant of pieces of land to which you have no Title; contrary to section 34 (a) of Act 122/62 of Land Title Act. They were found guilty and convicted accordingly.

In his judgment, the trial High Court Judge who sat as additional Circuit Court Judge held among other things that:

“In view of the pendency of the case at the Kumasi Traditional Council, the accused knew that they have no unencumbered land to sell to the public. The court is of the view that the accused persons conspired to sell the land and prepared the forged allocation papers and site plan which they all signed. Pursuant to their design, they sold lands they knew they had no title to. The prosecution, in the view of the court, was able to prove t…