[2013] KEHC 5352 (KLR)
The court found that the appellant, Thomas Njeru, had not taken any steps to prosecute his appeal after filing the petition and grounds of appeal. Given the passage of time since the sentence was imposed and the likelihood that the sentence had already been served, the court concluded that the appellant had lost...
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- Citation
- [2013] KEHC 5352 (KLR)
- Parties
- Appellant: Thomas Njeru; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Meru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Appeal 131 of 2010
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal deemed abandoned and file closed.
- Legal Topics
- Criminal Appeal Abandonment, Sentence Completion, Appeal Procedure
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Thomas Njeru
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant has prosecuted his appeal or abandoned it.
- 2 Whether the appeal should be dismissed for want of prosecution.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the appellant, Thomas Njeru, had not taken any steps to prosecute his appeal after filing the petition and grounds of appeal. Given the passage of time since the sentence was imposed and the likelihood that the sentence had already been served, the court concluded that the appellant had lost interest in the appeal. Consequently, the appeal was deemed abandoned and the file was ordered closed.
Court Disposition
Appeal deemed abandoned and file closed.
Orders
- The appeal is considered abandoned.
- The file is closed.
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
High Court at Meru
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THOMAS NJERU..........................................................................APPELLANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC...................................................................................RESPONDENT
R U L I N G
The Appellant was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in Resident Magistrate court Tigania on 12ND February , 2007.
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 31ST DAY OF JANUARY 2013
LESIIT, J.
JUDGE.