Khumalo v Commissioner of Police and another (1819/2007) [2020] SZHC 2026 (20 October 2020)

Civil law - Ciuii suit for damages arising out of the arrest and detention of the Plaintiff at Mbabane Police station  where  he was denied the right to call his family and also his fiance was denied the right to see him whilst he was in custody.
Held: that the actions of the police in refusing Plaintiffs requests to call his family to notify them of his arrest, together with their refusal to, let his partner to see him whilst he was in police custody in respect of a petty.offence of Theft By False Pretence. of· ESOO.00, amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment and
. was a violation of Plaintiff's constitutional human rights as enshrined in Article 16 (6) (a) and (b) of the Constitution of The Kingdom of Eswatini Act No.001/ 2005