[2024] KEHC 10610 (KLR)
The court found that the sentence imposed on the applicant for attempted defilement was lawful and had already been subjected to a revision process, which was dismissed. The current application for sentence review did not present any new or exceptional circumstances warranting further review or revision. The court...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 10610 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: NK; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application E091 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Sentence Review Application
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Review, Attempted Defilement, Abuse of Court Process
- Source Language
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Parties
NK
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Sentence Review Application
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant is entitled to a review or revision of the sentence imposed for attempted defilement.
- 2 Whether the application for sentence review constitutes an abuse of court process.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the sentence imposed on the applicant for attempted defilement was lawful and had already been subjected to a revision process, which was dismissed. The current application for sentence review did not present any new or exceptional circumstances warranting further review or revision. The court held that entertaining repeated applications on the same issue without new grounds amounts to an abuse of the court process. Consequently, the application was dismissed and the file closed.
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application for sentence review filed on 14th June 2024 is dismissed for being an abuse of court process.
- This file is closed.
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K v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E091 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 10610 (KLR) (10 September 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 10610 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Miscellaneous Criminal Application E091 of 2024
RE Aburili, J
September 10, 2024
Between
NK
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
(From the original conviction and sentence in Winam Senior Principal Magistrate Criminal Sexual Offences Case No. E024 of 2023)
Ruling
1. The convict NK was sentenced to serve 10 years’ imprisonment for the offence of attempted defilement vide Winam SPM Sexual Offences No. E024 of 2023 on 21st November 2023.
2. The sentence was to take into account the period that the convict had been in remand custody.
3. Vide Revision No. E006 of 2024, the application for revision of sentence was dismissed on 19th March 2024.
4. The convict has again sought for sentence review. I find no reason to review or revise the lawful sentence imposed.
5. The application filed on 14th June 2024 for sentence review is dismissed for being an abuse of court process.
6. Signal to issue. This file is closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 10THDAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024R. E. ABURILIJUDGEPage 2 of 2