[2017] KEHC 3225 (KLR)
The court found that there was no legal basis to review the sentence imposed by the trial court. The sentence was deemed legal, and the applicant failed to demonstrate any impropriety, illegality, or error in principle that would warrant the court's intervention under its revisionary jurisdiction. Accordingly, the...
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- Citation
- [2017] KEHC 3225 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Napepei Lekitasharan; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nanyuki
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision 125 of 2017
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- application for review declined
- Judges
- MM Kasango
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Review, Criminal Revision, Trial Court Sentence
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Napepei Lekitasharan
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether there is a legal basis to review the sentence imposed by the trial court.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that there was no legal basis to review the sentence imposed by the trial court. The sentence was deemed legal, and the applicant failed to demonstrate any impropriety, illegality, or error in principle that would warrant the court's intervention under its revisionary jurisdiction. Accordingly, the application for review was declined.
Court Disposition
application for review declined
Orders
- The application for review is declined.
Full Case Text
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NANYUKI
CRIMINAL REVISION 125 OF 2017
NAPEPEI LEKITASHARAN..............................APPLICANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC.....................................................RESPONDENT
(Pursuant to an order issued by Chief Magistrate’s Court at Nanyuki on 27th September 2017 in Nanyuki Chief Magistrate Criminal Case No. 1565 of 2017)
RULING
1. I have considered this matter where the applicant seeks review of the sentence of the trial court.
2. There is no basis in my view to review the said sentences. The same is legal.
3. The application for review is declined.
Dated this 4th October, 2017
MARY KASANGO
JUDGE