[2013] KEHC 4548 (KLR)
The court found that the appellant, having been sentenced to 3 years and 3 months imprisonment and having taken no further steps in prosecuting the appeal since filing the petition and grounds, is deemed to have lost interest in the appeal. Given the passage of time, the court inferred that the appellant has...
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- Citation
- [2013] KEHC 4548 (KLR)
- Parties
- Appellant: John Maingi M'Iitaru; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Meru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Appeal 144 of 1998
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal deemed abandoned and file closed.
- Legal Topics
- Abandonment of Appeal, Completion of Sentence, Loss of Interest in Appeal
- Source Language
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Parties
John Maingi M'Iitaru
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appeal should be allowed to proceed where the appellant has completed sentence and taken no further steps in prosecution of the appeal.
- 2 Whether the appeal should be deemed abandoned due to inaction by the appellant.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the appellant, having been sentenced to 3 years and 3 months imprisonment and having taken no further steps in prosecuting the appeal since filing the petition and grounds, is deemed to have lost interest in the appeal. Given the passage of time, the court inferred that the appellant has completed serving the sentence. Consequently, the appeal is considered abandoned and the file is ordered closed.
Court Disposition
Appeal deemed abandoned and file closed.
Orders
- The appeal is considered abandoned.
- The file is closed.
Full Case Text
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
High Court at Meru
Criminal Appeal 144 of 1998 [if !mso]> <style> v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]
JOHN MAINGI M’ITARU……..………………………………..…… APPELLANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC……………………………………………….…………RESPONDENT
R U L I N G
The Appellant was sentenced to 3 years 3 months imprisonment in Senior Resident Magistrate’s court Tigania on 25th February, 1998.
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 26th DAY OF MARCH, 2013
LESIIT, J.
JUDGE.
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