[2024] KEHC 2080 (KLR)
The court exercised its revisionary jurisdiction to revise the applicant's sentence to the period already served, considering the need to decongest the Nakuru GK Prison and the fact that the applicant had served a substantial part of the sentence for the offence of stealing. The court found that further...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 2080 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: david Laboso Tanui; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nakuru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision E088 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- sentence revised to period already served; applicant to be released forthwith
- Judges
- HM Nyaga
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Revision, Prison Decongestion, Stealing Offence
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
david Laboso Tanui
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant's sentence should be revised in light of prison decongestion efforts.
- 2 Whether the period already served by the applicant is sufficient punishment for the offence of stealing.
Ratio Decidendi
The court exercised its revisionary jurisdiction to revise the applicant's sentence to the period already served, considering the need to decongest the Nakuru GK Prison and the fact that the applicant had served a substantial part of the sentence for the offence of stealing. The court found that further incarceration was unnecessary and ordered the applicant's immediate release.
Court Disposition
sentence revised to period already served; applicant to be released forthwith
Orders
- The sentence is revised to the period already served.
- The applicant is to be released from prison forthwith.
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Tanui v Republic (Criminal Revision E088 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 2080 (KLR) (4 March 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 2080 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Nakuru
Criminal Revision E088 of 2024
HM Nyaga, J
March 4, 2024
Between
david Laboso Tanui
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
Ruling
1. This file has been brought up for revision in order to decongest the Nakuru GK Prison.
2. The Applicant was charged with the offence of Stealing Contrary to Section 268 as read with Section 275 of the Penal Code.
3. He pleaded guilty and he was sentenced to pay a fine of Kshs. 10,000/= in default three (3) months in prison.
4. The Applicant has served a substantial part of this sentence.
5. Therefore I revise the sentence to the period already served.
6. The Applicant is to be released from prison forthwith.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT NAKURU THIS 4TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024. ........................................H. M. NYAGAJUDGEIn the presence of;C/A KipsugutN/A for state