Nicholas Mwiti Njoka v Republic [2020] KEHC 7244 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA

AT NANYUKI

CRIMINAL REVISION NO.12 OF 2020

NICHOLAS MWITI NJOKA.........................................APPLICANT

VERSUS

REPUBLIC..................................................................RESPONDENT

(Revision of  the Original Sentence dated 10. 12. 2018 in Nanyuki

Criminal Case No.1463 of 2018 – N. Thuku, PM)

23/03/2020

Before Justice H P G Waweru

In Chambers

ORDER ON REVISION

1. The convict herein, NICHOLAS MWITI NJOKA, was on 10. 12. 2018 sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for the offence of  illegal possession of Narcotic drugs contrary to Section 3(1) and (2) (a) of Act No.4 of 1994.

2. Because of the current Coronavirus (COVID – 19), and in exercise of the powers of the court under Sections 362 and 364 of the Criminal Procedure Code, I hereby set aside that sentence and substitute therefore the term already served.

3. The convict shall therefore be set at liberty forthwith unless lawfully held.  It is so ordered.

DATED AT NANYUKI THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 2020

H.P.G. WAWERU

JUDGE.

DEPUTY REGISTRAR

NANYUKI HIGH COURT