[2004] KEHC 1055 (KLR)
The court found that the trial of the appellants was a nullity because the prosecutor who conducted the proceedings was not qualified as required by Section 85(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. As a result, the convictions and sentences imposed upon the appellants could not stand. The court therefore quashed the...
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- Citation
- [2004] KEHC 1055 (KLR)
- Parties
- Appellant: Robin Munene Warui; Appellant: Andrew Mutugi Mwangi; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nyeri
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Appeal 81 & 83 of 2003
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment
- Outcome
- appeal_allowed
- Legal Topics
- Criminal Procedure Code Section 85 2, Qualification of Prosecutor, Nullity of Trial
- Source Language
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Parties
Robin Munene Warui
Appellant
Andrew Mutugi Mwangi
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the trial was a nullity due to the prosecutor's lack of qualification under Section 85(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the trial of the appellants was a nullity because the prosecutor who conducted the proceedings was not qualified as required by Section 85(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. As a result, the convictions and sentences imposed upon the appellants could not stand. The court therefore quashed the convictions, set aside the sentences, and ordered the immediate release of the appellants unless otherwise lawfully detained.
Court Disposition
appeal_allowed
Orders
- The trial is declared a nullity.
- The appeals are allowed.
Full Case Text
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12 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NYERI
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 81 OF 2003ROBIN MUNENE WARUI……………………………………………..APPELLANT Versus REPUBLIC……………………………………….……………………RESPONDENT CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 83 OF 200
ANDREW MUTUGI MWANGI……………………………..………APPELLANT
Versus
REPUBLIC…………………………………………………………….RESPONDENT (Appeal against judgment by J. M. Githaiga, Resident Magistrate, in the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Baricho, Criminal Case No. 631 of 2002) JUDGMENT
These two appeals were consolidated for hearing. The learned State Counsel M/S Ngalyuka concedes that trial of the Appellants herein was a nullity because the prosecutor was not qualified in terms of Section 85 (2) Criminal Procedure Code.
Accordingly, the said trial is hereby declared a nullity and the Appellants’ appeals herein allowed.
The conviction of each Appellant be and is hereby quashed and the sentence imposed upon him set aside. Each Appellant be set at liberty forthwith unless lawfully detained in some other cause.
Dated this 2nd day of December 2004.
J. M. KHAMONI
JUDGE