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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 10450 (KLR)

Cheruiyot v Republic

Cheruiyot v Republic [2025] KEHC 10450 (KLR)

The High Court held that the applicant’s sentence must run from the date of arrest, applying section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code to custody time.

  • Sentencing
  • Time Spent In Custody
  • Section 333 2 Cpc
  • Sexual Offences
  • Defilement
  • Sentence Computation
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 10205 (KLR)

Githiora v Republic

Githiora v Republic [2025] KEHC 10205 (KLR)

The High Court held that the applicant was entitled to credit for 1 year 6 months spent in remand custody under section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

  • Sentence Computation
  • Remand Custody Credit
  • Sexual Offences
  • Defilement
  • Application Of Section 333 2 Cpc
  • Sentence-computation
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 9319 (KLR)

Ochieng v Republic

Ochieng v Republic [2025] KEHC 9319 (KLR)

The High Court at Kisumu held that Polycap Ochieng’s 7-year sentence must be computed from the date he was first remanded in custody, applying section 333(2).

  • Sentence Computation
  • Pre-sentence Custody
  • Application Of Section 333 2
  • Housebreaking Offence
  • Sentence-computation
  • Pre-sentence-custody
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 8495 (KLR)

Ochieng alias Dan v Republic

Ochieng alias Dan v Republic [2025] KEHC 8495 (KLR)

The High Court at Kisumu declined a resentencing application, holding it lacked jurisdiction because the Court of Appeal had already substituted the sentence.

  • Resentencing
  • Jurisdiction Of High Court
  • Sentence Computation
  • Time Spent In Custody
  • Sentence-computation
  • Custody-credit
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 8221 (KLR)

Kipkorir v Republic

Kipkorir v Republic [2025] KEHC 8221 (KLR)

The High Court at Eldoret allowed a criminal revision and ordered that time spent in remand custody be credited in sentence computation under section 333(2) CPC.

  • Sentencing
  • Remand Custody Credit
  • Section 333 2 Cpc
  • Pretrial Detention
  • Sentence Computation
  • Criminal-sentencing
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 5512 (KLR)

Ngwiri v Republic

Ngwiri v Republic [2025] KEHC 5512 (KLR)

The High Court granted a sentence review after finding the trial court failed to credit two months spent in remand custody under section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

  • Sentencing Review
  • Remand Custody Credit
  • Robbery With Violence
  • Sentence Computation
  • Sentence-review
  • Remand-custody-credit
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 4373 (KLR)

Kipkemei v Republic

Kipkemei v Republic [2025] KEHC 4373 (KLR)

A sentence of imprisonment must run from the date of arrest where the court has taken into account the period spent in custody before sentencing, in accordance with Section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, to effectively reduce the imposed sentence for the period already served.

  • Sentencing Principles
  • Remand Custody Credit
  • Manslaughter
  • Sentence Computation
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 3888 (KLR)

Mungai v Republic

Mungai v Republic [2025] KEHC 3888 (KLR)

The court's failure to consider the period spent in custody by the petitioner before sentencing, as mandated by Section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, warranted a review and adjustment of the sentence commencement date.

  • Sentence Computation
  • Pretrial Custody Credit
  • Manslaughter
  • Constitutional Rights
  • Equal Protection
  • Criminal Procedure
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 3753 (KLR)

Mang’ondo v Republic

Mang’ondo v Republic [2025] KEHC 3753 (KLR)

The High Court corrected a sentence-computation error and directed that the applicant receive credit for the full pre-trial custody period under section 333(2).

  • Sentence Computation
  • Pre Trial Custody Credit
  • Criminal Revision
  • Error Correction
  • Sentence-computation
  • Pre-trial-custody-credit
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 3670 (KLR)

Keya v Republic

Keya v Republic [2025] KEHC 3670 (KLR)

The failure of the trial court to factor in the period the applicant spent in remand custody before sentencing was a violation of the mandatory requirement of section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, necessitating a review of the sentence to reflect the time served.

  • Sentencing Principles
  • Remand Custody Credit
  • Sexual Offences
  • Sentence Computation
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