Juma Kahindi v State [2014] KEHC 3125 (KLR) | Sentence Revision | Esheria

Juma Kahindi v State [2014] KEHC 3125 (KLR)

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IN THE HIGH COURT AT MALINDI

CRIMINAL DIVISION

CRIMINAL REVISION NO. 14 OF 2014

(From original conviction and sentence in Sexual Offences case No. 12 of 2012 of the Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court at Kilifi)

JUMA KAHINDI …….. …………………………………………… APPLICANT

VERSUS

STATE …………………………………………..………..…… PROSECUTOR

RULING ON REVISION

Upon perusal of Criminal Appeal No. 37 of 2009 I directed that a revision file be opened.

Considering the facts of the case in the Lower Court, the antecedents of the appellant as well as the value of and the fact that some of the stolen goods were recovered, I would review the sentence imposed and reduce it to the period already served. The appellant is to be set at liberty unless otherwise lawfully held.

Delivered and signed at Malindi this 31st day of July, 2014

C. W. Meoli

JUDGE