19820607 TZCA Dar es Salaam

.. EJ THE COURT OF ?.PPEAL, OF TANZANIA f//UJ)hvl AT DAR ES SALAAM (CORAi"l: Mustafa, J oAo, MwakasenaoJJo~,o 3nd Makame, JoA 0 ) . ~' . i CRIEvLNJ.\L Ai?PEi,L NOo 3' OF 1981 If I 3STWEEN SHIJA KIDE'l'E ~ o o o o 0 G O t:j ·o ~ o o o o o o AP PELLA.NT I !-. N D I I RESPONDENT THE RSFUBLIC o o o o o o o o ' o o o o o o o (~oceal from the convi~tion of the High c~~rt of Tanzania at Niega) .(Mu~hi, J.) ,. dated the 14th day pf Octooer, 1980, .I in I I f • Crimincil S.essions Ci;ise ::o. 14 of 1980 COL1T ThE~ appellant was charg d i.,;ith ::ind con¥ict~d of murdero 1 There was evidence that the atpcll~nt had assaclted the deceas~do I At about mi~night one night; the a:ppe11ant took the deceased I, ·to the house of . the appellant', s bro'th,2r, i one Sipilinoi, .. alleging thr.1t he had found th,2 deceased committing adultery with Sipil ingi I s wifeo Th~ deceased was found bl~~ding, from the mouth, and Sf~en i with SOl'ilf" brui.:,es on the back.; The app=llant slept th2t night at Sipilingi, and the deccas~d walked off to his own home. I The mc:.tter of the adultery was to be dealt with the following dayo I On the following mornir.J the ·ctecc:ia~~(cd v ":S fovnJ lying on th<? ground in his tut in I head swollen. He was t=ken to died the sarne dayo the deceased s~v~ 0vi~~~c0. ' He stAtcd that the c2use of death •· was suffocatic:-i: ,,:1--: '~'.-:at it ·hs ;;.::,s..:,i.~l- th;c,t th"'! instrument l' ) ,,,' I 2 Th,~ tr:.r~l ju::ls;;= in sum17ir,g up ti':: th~ '•·as:· -)ssors told .: • ~ • J- ~ J.. I I fi .. • ..1.. , 1_ t;1~m t::at t,1, y cuulo i~no.::-c c.W, doc ...:C?r' s opinion 3S c.O tn0 I I cause of dQath, ·.c ii there was cl~~r nyiaen~e ' contr~~ic .• t·inJ j. • I · · sue h opiniona Th ~ judgn in · h ~s ' · · · -,ml - ._ fl oun d as a f ~c t JU-~••·n~ th ~ t I I the deceased died as ·1 rvsult of t~-i inju,ries he sustain,.!d i I . at the hr.mds of the 21:,v2llant. •" , most1' pro0R::)l'/ f ., from kicks or '1ttach "S with a blunt objecto 'l'he judg,~ als~ rul~.:d cut th~ possihility I I of an interm,~diat..~ interv.antion b•~tw,?en ~h~ time th~ deceasad i j I walked back to his hut and the following morning wh,.::n h-' Wi3S I I found in a critical conditiono / I We do not think that the judge wa~ justifi~d in his n"!jection of the doctor's opinion/of Je.crluse of death, th-~t is 9 suffoc~tion, nor do we think that the Judge was justified in I I. j f' . his findings of f:1ct whic:h ari~ not based on any evid,2.n<;:eo J I I \·Jc~ do not t:1ink ·:hat th: prosed.1tion ,hes ,::st,,hlishc.,c1 ;:my • 1 1 1.111( ' J.. D;....... \•Je:.;D. • , -.:n~-?. • • • 1nJ11ri•=-s • ,·- lL-• .. - - - --. r7 :"'-:--,rL- 1 · 1 ~1 • ~ ~ on_I, t•n,.'"l oncr:ias'-'< ' ~ j h,y -1•'\ .j ~ ~ -::pp~llz,:-:t ,nd th,~ suffocation ':'t,ic~ c'2us0d thf:: c'tr--;,th pf the In the result we are has not b--<m estahlished. :0c1inst ~ I I j Ht:, hov' vt:r, ;;,:..·.~ satisfii,d th;:;t thr? .::n: ,,ellant 0 '--f"'C I r of causing cctu2l bodily h~rm 1- I contrary i to section ~41 ' I set ,_ sid0 the: sr;»-:te:.:.c,~ of dei'ith r.;::·.ss.::d en <::-ico :::p;::,•):'..li:int, I , . I 1 . causing . and subs ti tutc therc:for :i conv~.c-ticr: for/ Jct1.::-.il :)'--'C.::..ly I - i I I I ! J I I .1 3 c_ustody from 3rd ,June, 19780 -~ ~l , ·r l . '