[2013] KEHC 4322 (KLR)
The court found that the appellant, having failed to take any further steps in prosecuting his appeal after filing the petition and grounds, and having likely completed serving his sentence, is deemed to have lost interest in the appeal. Consequently, the appeal is considered abandoned and the file is ordered...
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- Citation
- [2013] KEHC 4322 (KLR)
- Parties
- Appellant: Shaibe Ibrahim Abdille; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Meru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Appeal 103 of 2006
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal considered abandoned and file closed.
- Legal Topics
- Abandonment of Appeal, Completion of Sentence, Appeal Procedure
- Source Language
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Parties
Shaibe Ibrahim Abdille
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appeal should be dismissed as abandoned due to inaction by the appellant.
- 2 Whether the appellant has completed serving the sentence, rendering the appeal moot.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the appellant, having failed to take any further steps in prosecuting his appeal after filing the petition and grounds, and having likely completed serving his sentence, is deemed to have lost interest in the appeal. Consequently, the appeal is considered abandoned and the file is ordered closed. This decision is grounded in the principle that the court will not entertain appeals where the appellant has shown no interest in pursuing them and the substantive sentence has already been served, rendering the appeal academic.
Court Disposition
Appeal considered abandoned and file closed.
Orders
- The appeal is considered abandoned.
- The file is closed.
Full Case Text
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
High Court at Meru
Criminal Appeal 103 of 2006 [if !mso]> <style> v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]
SHAIBE IBRAHIM ABDILLE…………………….………............… APPELLANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC…………………………………………………………RESPONDENT
R U L I N G
The Appellant was sentenced to 7 years and 3 years in Senior Resident Magistrate’s court Wajir on 27. 8.2005 and 7. 10. 2005 respectively.
He filed a petition and grounds of Appeal.No further step was taken in the appeal. Appellant must have completed sentence by now. The Appellant is considered to have lost interest in his appeal. This appeal is considered abandoned and file closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 26th DAY OF MARCH, 2013
LESIIT, J.
JUDGE.
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