[2022] KEHC 12041 (KLR)
The High Court found that the trial court failed to indicate whether it had considered the period the applicant spent in remand custody before sentencing, as mandated by section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. The court held that this omission was an error and that the applicant was entitled to have the...
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- Citation
- [2022] KEHC 12041 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Iqbal Shah; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision E076 of 2022
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling on Application for Revision of Sentence
- Outcome
- application allowed; sentence revised
- Judges
- DO Ogembo
- Legal Topics
- Sentencing Revision, Remand Custody Credit, Criminal Procedure Code Section 333 2
- Source Language
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Parties
Iqbal Shah
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling on Application for Revision of Sentence
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the trial court erred by failing to take into account the period the applicant spent in remand custody when passing sentence.
- 2 Whether the sentence imposed was harsh and excessive.
Ratio Decidendi
The High Court found that the trial court failed to indicate whether it had considered the period the applicant spent in remand custody before sentencing, as mandated by section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. The court held that this omission was an error and that the applicant was entitled to have the period spent in custody taken into account. Consequently, the court allowed the application for revision and ordered that the applicant's sentence should run from the date he was first arraigned in court, thereby giving effect to the statutory requirement.
Court Disposition
application allowed; sentence revised
Orders
- The applicant's application dated 25.4.2022 is allowed.
- The sentence of the trial court is revised to run from 23.4.2018, the date the applicant was first arraigned before the court.
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Shah v Republic (Criminal Revision E076 of 2022) [2022] KEHC 12041 (KLR) (Crim) (26 July 2022) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2022] KEHC 12041 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)
Criminal
Criminal Revision E076 of 2022
DO Ogembo, J
July 26, 2022
Between
Iqbal Shah
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
Ruling
1. The applicant, Iqgal Shah, has pleaded by way of an application dated and filed herein on 25. 4.2022. The said application seeks revision of the sentence meted out against him in Criminal Case No. 753/2018 and Criminal 754/2018. The application, brought under section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, seeks that this court gives account of the period that he spent in remand custody in the sentence. And also that the sentence was harsh and excessive. The prosecution did not object to the application.
2. Section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code states“Subject to the provisions of 38 of the penal code, every sentence shall be deemed to commence from, and to include the whole of the day of, the date on which it was pronounced, except where it was otherwise provided in this code.Provided that where the person sentenced under subsection (1) has, prior to such sentence, been held in custody, the sentence shall take account of the period spent in custody.”
3. I have considered the sentence proceedings of 19. 12. 2018 before the trial court. The same does not indicate whether the period the applicant had spent in custody was taken into account in the sentence. The court ought to have done so in view of the proviso to section 333(2) of the criminal procedure code. it is for this reason that I find merit in this application.
4. I accordingly allow the applicant’s application dated 25. 4.2022 and accordingly order a revision of the sentence of the trial court. The applicant shall serve the sentence as ordered by the trial court. The sentence shall run from 23. 4.2018, the date the applicant was first arraigned before the court. Orders accordingly.
D. O. OGEMBOJUDGE26. 7.2022Court:Read out in court in presence of the Ms. Chege for the state and applicant.D. O. OGEMBOJUDGE26. 7.2022TO: @G.K. KITENGELAINFO: PHQ.27TH JULY 2022HCCR REVISION. NO. E076 OF 2022HIGH COURT CRIMINAL REVISION NO. E076 OF 2022 ORIGINATING FROM THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE’S COURT AT MILIMANI CRIMINAL CASE NO. 753 OF 2018. APPLICANT KITE/94/020/LS IQBAL SHAH THE APPLICANT SHALL SERVE THE SENTENCE AS ORDERED BY THE TRIAL COURT. THE SENTENCE SHALL RUN FROM 23. 4.2018, THE DATE THE APPLICANT WAS FIRST ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE COURT. ORDERS ACCORDINGLY.DEPUTY REGISTRAR