[2013] KEHC 5393 (KLR)
The court found that the appellant, Isaiah Thingichu, after filing a petition and grounds of appeal against his conviction and sentence for trespass, took no further steps to prosecute the appeal. Given the passage of time and the likelihood that the sentence had already been served, the court concluded that the...
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- Citation
- [2013] KEHC 5393 (KLR)
- Parties
- Appellant: Isaiah Thingichu; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Meru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Appeal 107 of 2005
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal deemed abandoned and file closed.
- Legal Topics
- Criminal Appeal Procedure, Abandonment of Appeal, Trespass Offence
- Source Language
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Parties
Isaiah Thingichu
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant has prosecuted his appeal or abandoned it.
- 2 Whether the appeal should be dismissed for want of prosecution.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the appellant, Isaiah Thingichu, after filing a petition and grounds of appeal against his conviction and sentence for trespass, took no further steps to prosecute the appeal. Given the passage of time and the likelihood that the sentence had already been served, the court concluded that the appellant had lost interest in the appeal. Consequently, the appeal was deemed abandoned and the file was ordered closed.
Court Disposition
Appeal deemed abandoned and file closed.
Orders
- The appeal is considered abandoned and the file is closed.
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
High Court at Meru
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ISAIAH THINGICHU……………………………………………… APPELLANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC………………………………………………………RESPONDENT
R U L I N G
The Appellant was sentenced by Mr. G. Oyugi DMII at Tigania Principal Magistrate court for an offence of trespass.
He filed a petition and grounds of Appeal. No further step was taken in the appeal. Appellant must have completed sentence by now. The Appellant is considered to have lost interest in his appeal. This appeal is considered abandoned and file closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 31ST DAY OF JANUARY 2013.
LESIIT, J.
JUDGE.