The four, Thabani Mpofu, Felix Matsinde, Warship Dumba and Mehluli Moyo, who were arrested in March are facing charges of impersonating a police officer, contravening the Official Secrets Act and being in possession of articles for criminal use.
It is alleged they were caught in possession of dockets that they were privately compiling to discredit the judicial system and had names of top government officials.
The bid for a referral of the case to the Supreme Court follows the dismissal of an application by Harare Magistrate, Tendai Mahwe, on Monday in which the defence team, led by Alec Muchadehama and Chris Mhike, was seeking an order compelling the State to furnish them with more of the documents seized during the arrest of the accused.
The defense counsel argued that this would allow them to adequately prepare their defense outline. However, Mahwe ruled that the State had already supplied the defence with adequate information pertaining to the case, hence the application lacked merit.
The case proceeds on Wednesday when a decision on the latest application by the defence counsel is expected to be made.
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