[2017] KEHC 3386 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant had served a sufficient sentence and, in the absence of any lawful reason for continued detention, ordered his immediate release.
Source-derived case information.
- Citation
- [2017] KEHC 3386 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Edward Mutembei; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision 367 of 2017
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- application allowed; applicant released
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Review, Release Order
- Source Language
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Parties
Edward Mutembei
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant has served a sufficient sentence to warrant release.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant had served a sufficient sentence and, in the absence of any lawful reason for continued detention, ordered his immediate release.
Court Disposition
application allowed; applicant released
Orders
- Applicant is forthwith set free unless otherwise lawfully held.
Full Case Text
Judgment text and source record
13 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
AT NAIROBI
CRIMINAL DIVISION
CR. REV. NO 367 OF 2017
EDWARD MUTEMBEI..............................................APPLICANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC...........................................................RESPONDENT
RULING
Applicant has served sufficient sentence. He is hereby forthwith set free unless otherwise lawfully held.
DATED and DELIVERED this 31stday ofJuly, 2017.
G.W. NGENYE-MACHARIA
JUDGE