[2024] KEHC 5529 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant's current application for review of sentence was a repetition of a previously determined matter, which had already been dismissed by another judge. The court held that entertaining such repetitive applications is a classic example of abuse of court process. Accordingly, the...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 5529 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Hezekiah Ombeti Kangala; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application E041 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Application for Sentence Review
- Outcome
- application dismissed as frivolous and an abuse of court process
- Judges
- MS Shariff
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Review, Abuse of Court Process, Sexual Offences, Indecent Act With Child
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Hezekiah Ombeti Kangala
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Application for Sentence Review
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant is entitled to a further review or reduction of sentence after a previous similar application was dismissed.
- 2 Whether the present application constitutes an abuse of court process.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant's current application for review of sentence was a repetition of a previously determined matter, which had already been dismissed by another judge. The court held that entertaining such repetitive applications is a classic example of abuse of court process. Accordingly, the application was dismissed as frivolous and an abuse of process. The court further directed administrative consolidation of all the applicant's High Court files and updating of the case history to prevent further duplicative applications.
Court Disposition
application dismissed as frivolous and an abuse of court process
Orders
- The application for review of sentence is dismissed.
- All files of the applicant pertaining to High Court matters to be consolidated and placed in a bundle.
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Kangala v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E041 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 5529 (KLR) (21 May 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 5529 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Miscellaneous Criminal Application E041 of 2024
MS Shariff, J
May 21, 2024
Between
Hezekiah Ombeti Kangala
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
Ruling
1. The applicant herein Hezekiah Ombet Kangala was charged and convicted of the offence of committing an indecent act with a child contrary to the provisions of Section 11 (1) of the Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006. He was thus sentenced to serve a custodial term of 10 years.
2. Subsequently the applicant filed an appeal no. HCRA 63 of 2019 which he voluntarily withdrew on 8. 3.2022.
3. The applicant thereafter petitioned this court for review/reduction of his sentence vide Misc. Cr. A. No. E119 of 2022 and the application was heard and disallowed by my sister Justice Aburili on 24. 3.2023, save that the Judge directed that the 15 days that he had spent in custody prior to his release on bond be factored in when computing his term.
4. The applicant has now made a similar application for review of his sentence. This is clearly a frivolous application that classically falls within the expression of abuse of court process. I thus dismiss it for what it is and I direct that all the files of the applicant pertaining to the High Court matters be consolidated and be placed in a bundle. Further that the case update to reflect all the history of the applicant’s cases.
DELIVERED, SIGNED AND DATED AT KISUMU THIS 21ST DAY OF MAY, 2024. MWANAISHA S. SHARIFFJUDGE