19700223 TZCA Dar es Salaam

The appeal was rejected because the record showed the accused admitted the truth of the facts, and the only ground of appeal was found to be non-existent.

Citation: 19700223 TZCA Dar es Salaam
Parties: Appellant: Amarjit Singh Babra; Respondent: The Republic
Court: TZCA
Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Judgment Date: 23 February 1970
Procedural Posture: Criminal Appeal / Summary Rejection of Appeal Before Sentencing
Outcome: appeal summarily rejected
Legal Topics: Stealing by Servant, Fraudulent False Accounting, Forgery, Plea Procedure, Conviction on Plea
Source Language: English

Criminal Law Stealing by Servant Fraudulent False Accounting Forgery Plea Procedure Conviction on Plea

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Parties

Amarjit Singh Babra

Appellant

The Republic

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Summary Rejection of Appeal Before Sentencing

Legal Issues

1 Whether failure to ask the accused to agree to the facts adduced by the prosecutor invalidates a conviction on a guilty plea

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was rejected because the record showed the accused admitted the truth of the facts, and the only ground of appeal was found to be non-existent.

Court Disposition

appeal summarily rejected

Orders

accused to be brought before the Court for sentence