Gqeberha Flying Squad member Warrant Officer Severiano Blundin will have to wait even longer to find out if the charges against him will be dropped.
This comes after judgment in the Section 174 Application for his discharge was postponed in the Magistrates Court on Thursday.
By law, an accused is allowed to bring a Section 174 application at the close of the state's case, when they are of the view that there is no evidence on which the court may come to a guilty verdict.
The charges against Blundin stem from a R1.2 m civil matter against police minister Bheki Cele, where he is accused of the kidnapping, unlawful arrest, and assault of Alvado Francis, Sherwin Eckhardt, and Keanu Arends in March 2019.
Francis and Eckhard claim they were taken to the parking lot of the Algoa Park police station under the pretense that the Gang Unit wanted to question them.
Francis alleges that this is one of the places where Blundin assaulted him.
During a previous court appearance in support of the application, state advocate Jason Thysse, in stating his case in support of the application, submitted that the state failed to provide any concrete evidence to substantiate the charges against the accused.
He added that the court should decide whether it will allow a "hopeless case" to continue.
Judgment was postponed to 26 March, because another part-heard matter had to take preference.
