Atango v Republic [2023] KEHC 27465 (KLR)

Atango v Republic (Criminal Revision E103 of 2023) [2023] KEHC 27465 (KLR) (23 October 2023) (Ruling)

Neutral citation: [2023] KEHC 27465 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Kisumu

Criminal Revision E103 of 2023

MS Shariff, J

October 23, 2023

Between

Boaz Onyango Atango

Applicant

and

Republic

Respondent

Ruling

1. The Applicant Boaz Onyango Atango was charged and convicted of the offence of stealing contrary to section 268 (i) as read with Section 275 of the Penal Code in Winam SPM’s Cr. Case No. E166 of 2023. He was sentenced on 30th June, 2023 to imprisonment for a period of 1 year. He now applies for review of his sentence under the provisions of the Community Service Order.

2. I have perused the sentence review report dated 11th August, 2023 and I find that the same is favourable to the Applicant. I thus pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Community Service Order No. 8 of 2018 hereby review the Applicant’s sentence and I do hereby issue a Community Service Order assigning him community service work at Winam Probation Office for a period of 4 months.

3. The Applicant shall be supervised by the Probation Officer, Winam.

DELIVERED, SIGNED AND DATED AT KISUMU THIS 23RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023. MWANAISHA S. SHARIFFJUDGE