[2017] KEHC 9378 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant had served a sufficient sentence and, in the absence of any lawful reason to continue holding him, ordered his immediate release.
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- Citation
- [2017] KEHC 9378 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Issack Maima; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision 257 of 2017
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- applicant released
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Review, Release From Custody
- Source Language
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Parties
Issack Maima
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 to continue holding him, ordered his immediate release.
Court Disposition
applicant released
Orders
- The applicant is forthwith set free unless otherwise lawfully held.
Full Case Text
Judgment text and source record
12 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI
CRIMINAL DIVISION
CR. REV. NO 257 OF 2017
ISSACK MAIMA......................................................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