[2023] KEHC 2878 (KLR)
The court found that the sentence of twenty years imprisonment imposed on the applicant for the offence of defilement under Section 8(2) of the Sexual Offences Act was lawful and, in fact, lenient given the gravity of the offence. The applicant had already withdrawn his earlier appeal and failed to demonstrate any...
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- Citation
- [2023] KEHC 2878 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Elias Ochieng Nyayal; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application E086 of 2022
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Application for Reduction of Sentence
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Sentencing Principles, Sexual Offences, Defilement, Sentence Reduction
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Elias Ochieng Nyayal
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Application for Reduction of Sentence
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant is entitled to a reduction of the sentence imposed for the offence of defilement under Section 8(2) of the Sexual Offences Act.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the sentence of twenty years imprisonment imposed on the applicant for the offence of defilement under Section 8(2) of the Sexual Offences Act was lawful and, in fact, lenient given the gravity of the offence. The applicant had already withdrawn his earlier appeal and failed to demonstrate any legal basis for reduction of sentence. Consequently, the application for reduction of sentence lacked merit and was dismissed.
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application filed on August 5, 2022 is dismissed.
- Signal/order to issue and served upon applicant through the prisons authorities.
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Nyayal v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E086 of 2022) [2023] KEHC 2878 (KLR) (24 March 2023) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2023] KEHC 2878 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Miscellaneous Criminal Application E086 of 2022
RE Aburili, J
March 24, 2023
Between
Elias Ochieng Nyayal
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
Ruling
1. The Applicant Elias Ochieng Nyayal claims in his application filed in court on August 5, 2022 that he was convicted and sentenced to serve twenty (20) years imprisonment for the offence of defilement under Section 8(1) and 8(2) of the Sexual Offences Act vide Maseno Principal Magistrate Sexual Offence Case No 7 of 2017.
2. That he filed HCCRA No 43 of 2018 which he withdrew before it was heard. He now seeks for reduction of the sentence imposed.
3. Upon conviction under Section 8(2) of the Sexual Offences Act, the court is mandated to impose upto life imprisonment. The applicant was given twenty (20) years imprisonment which is very lenient considering the seriousness of the offence.
4. I find no merit in the application filed on August 5, 2022 which is hereby dismissed.
5. Signal/order to issue and served upon applicant through the prisons authorities.
6. This file is hereby closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 24TH DAY OF MARCH, 2023R. E. ABURILIJUDGE