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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 8621 (KLR)

Karani v Republic

Karani v Republic [2025] KEHC 8621 (KLR)

The High Court at Busia allowed an unopposed application for bond pending appeal, suspended the sentence, and directed steps to progress the criminal appeal.

  • Bond Pending Appeal
  • Suspension Of Sentence
  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
  • Bond-pending-appeal
  • Suspension-of-sentence
  • Criminal-appeal-procedure
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 8782 (KLR)

Wanja v Director of Public Prosecution

Wanja v Director of Public Prosecution [2025] KEHC 8782 (KLR)

The High Court allowed an application to refund Ksh 650,000 in fine money after the applicant’s conviction was quashed on appeal and sentence set aside.

  • Refund Of Fine
  • Quashing Of Conviction
  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
  • Property Rights
  • Refund-of-fine
  • Quashing-of-conviction
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Criminal Law [2025] KECA 800 (KLR)

Murunga v Republic

Murunga v Republic [2025] KECA 800 (KLR)

The Court of Appeal granted Lydia Murunga an extension of time to file a notice of appeal, finding her 15-month delay excusable and her intended appeal arguable.

  • Extension Of Time
  • Right Of Appeal
  • Judicial Discretion
  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
  • Extension-of-time
  • Right-of-appeal
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 5586 (KLR)

Muriithi v Republic

Muriithi v Republic [2025] KEHC 5586 (KLR)

The High Court at Kibera allowed Dr. Kinyua Muriithi to withdraw his application to review judgment, marking the application as withdrawn without opposition.

  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
  • Withdrawal Of Application
  • Criminal-appeal-procedure
  • Withdrawal-of-application
  • High-court-ruling
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 4341 (KLR)

Ekisa v Republic

Ekisa v Republic [2025] KEHC 4341 (KLR)

The court will not proceed to write judgment until the appellant has filed his written submissions to enable him to argue his case.

  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
  • Written Submissions
  • Right To Be Heard
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 2942 (KLR)

Cheruiyot v Republic

Cheruiyot v Republic [2025] KEHC 2942 (KLR)

The High Court at Bomet allowed an application for leave to appeal out of time and gave the applicant 30 days to file the intended appeal.

  • Leave To Appeal Out Of Time
  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
  • Leave-to-appeal-out-of-time
  • Criminal-appeal-procedure
  • High-court
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Criminal Law [2025] KECA 454 (KLR)

Irungu v Republic

Irungu v Republic [2025] KECA 454 (KLR)

The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal out of time in a murder conviction matter, accepting that the applicant had not received the judgment in good time.

  • Extension Of Time
  • Leave To Appeal Out Of Time
  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
  • Extension-of-time
  • Leave-to-appeal-out-of-time
  • Criminal-appeal-procedure
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Criminal Law [2025] KECA 455 (KLR)

Kareng’a v Republic

Kareng’a v Republic [2025] KECA 455 (KLR)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application for leave to appeal out of time, finding the applicant had not given sufficient reason to extend time.

  • Leave To Appeal Out Of Time
  • Exercise Of Discretion
  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
  • Leave-to-appeal-out-of-time
  • Court-of-appeal-rules
  • Criminal-appeals
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 2533 (KLR)

Gorasia v Republic

Gorasia v Republic [2025] KEHC 2533 (KLR)

The High Court lacks jurisdiction to review a ruling of a judge of concurrent jurisdiction. The current application is essentially seeking to challenge the findings of fact and law by the previous judge, which can only be overturned by an appeal to the Court of Appeal, and there are no sufficient grounds for review at the High Court.

  • Adducing Fresh Evidence On Appeal
  • Review Of High Court Orders
  • Jurisdiction Of High Court
  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
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Criminal Law [2025] KECA 391 (KLR)

Hatiba v Republic

Hatiba v Republic [2025] KECA 391 (KLR)

The court granted the application for leave to file an appeal out of time based on the prosecution's concession, the lengthy sentence of life imprisonment, and the importance of allowing a party access to justice, despite the applicant's failure to provide a satisfactory explanation for the delay.

  • Extension Of Time
  • Leave To Appeal Out Of Time
  • Discretionary Powers
  • Criminal Appeal Procedure
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