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DJ rrr..LJ IJ.-rGII COURT 01:'' TLK.iUTIA AT T_';.]GA.,I APFELLATJJ JURISDICTION ' HimI cou--:;:;.T CRir(IlUu, .AIJ?BAL NO .2 OF 1988 ORIGIITAL crrn.1n:::.1 C.[i,'SI:J N0.384/87 OF TRC DISTI'-J:CT coun.T Oli' T.LlJG.L J)J:STPJ:0T AT TAHGA BEFORE~ J3 oM .Ko KMILA ISQ,., 9 PiSIDJJlilT It'.1:..GIJT.RATE KIBHAN.A O:MLRI • ., ••••••• o •• ., •''• •• o o o • • • ., • APPELIJJJT -· . ( OIUGilIAL ACCUSIJIJ) versus , THE PJDPUBI,IC ooeeooooooooooo~o••o•~coo RL}SfQND~NT ! (OPJ:G IN.AL PBQS:JCUTOR) '1 SISYA 1 Ja- Thia a.:ppellant,_ Kib~am s/~ <ma.ri1 JilaS.. ~ d nth i;llld. bQ, was convicted of ihe offence_ of Doing grieveous barm contrary to sootion 225 of the Penal Coc1.e and he was sentaz,.oed by-Jha learned .Resiclont 1112,g:istratE::, Ta:ng"c),, to three years impriso:runonto Aggrioved~ he is now ~:pealing ~ tbi.'s · Court• EviC.cnce wc.s g:iven by the complainant thc.t..·en. the afta:rn.Don of-- l2th August, 1987 1 at 2,bout 5.00 porno he Wc1S a.ocosted by the a~-lla.nt who was accompanied by two othor persaria ~h.ool .thi c ~ t . . fa.i.~cl t~ icle~fy aG he had not soon them before O Tho COlilJ?lainllnt ha,d then I' • nth him a.-··']J.oe : , as he was returning fran bis shaml;>8,. .'.]:1..10 appellcl.llt ~as armoct, among, otq.o~ I - ·- things, with a p2.ngao He, J.'.e • ~ ~ t . , told tb.o ,e.ompj .-.!..nn.~ that ,he · · had just boon chasing - sqne tl,ueve~ who hc,d :ran away and fiu'thcr tll.El,t. hc,i•~• •.o.ppe·~t,suspected that the oonpl,Jj Xlfll'.li:. was one of the t.W,cnro.s.•,_: It io in eviclence thc.1.t the appellant 2:nc:. the -OOZIIP~t. ,were by no I.I :r.. , moans stranc;crs in th0 eyes of each other. hoy lmou oach othc.r before. Hot only that. Tho v..p:po.llal'.l.t ws.s sv.sp0cting the compµd.rlanant. as lJeing ono of tho thieves who wero stodlir),g 1,)l.'oduca from the ap:pelln.nt•s; shambae Not only that_~ At ~~st onci 1;ofore, t~ -0.J?pollant px:osocutGd. tho complain::i.nt on a charge of/al1£>f!}!Jc,;_ thcf1-• The mat.tor -ended in an acq_ui tto,.l of the o~plainc-..nt a.go.inst _the ch:cu'&,-e• According to the complaimnt, the appel1£,nt, apparently in an act of desporati-on, tl:l:re..~tonod to sever tho complainants limbs. - 2 - :Back to tho facts of the cD.,so; thG appellant ordcrcc:. tho complu.inc:,nt to put clown his hoo ;.:·,m\ follon him. The cor11plt,in:>,nt..cornpll0ci, The a.ppollcmt then lccl tb.c compl~:.,inr,:.1t to· c plu.co ..,hero, 1dthov.t c-.JJ.y further ado, tho nppo l12.nt bog-c.,n to s la.sh tMr oailp'l.a.iiit.. w.i th v. pv..ne,n.- In the process tho complainant sufforocl ~o.ctur0s on both ha...'l'ld.s • :::Jvcntually, tho appellc,nt took the canplainent to tho Polico 8tc.·,t 011 whore tho appells.nt alleged th::~ t the complaina,nt was co.ugb.ti thievi~. Tho nppclk.nt also produood to tho Polio~ somo ''ma.dafu" as e:tliibita, The invcstigc,ting_ officer, Dct•SB"tt Rc::mac1.r.n.n1 (PF .3 ),. s1-rnrc t;.:•:::,t ho viotto.d the tcono whore tho theft wo,s allcgeC~ly committed by tho complainant but ho saw no oviclenco at aJi t~ aubstr,n.tiai;.Q ~ 2.llccc:~ti.~• In his defence. a.t tho tricl tho ap:pollc,nt. .raised .the do.fc:ncc o£ I doninl. Ilo cloniccl assr.ul ting tJ:lo comp)nina.nt. lio $Ven dor.iod .knoh:!.ng the :part of the bocly on 1,hioh the oomplo.;i.mi.nt sustfl.:l.ncd the jJ1j·1.rci~ .. . I Tho c:ppolL:::.nt also· took sanctino, in his dofonce 1 to tmlc2.sh c,ccusation at tho Poli co for t:1d:c 2.lloeod irebjlt ty t.o-.a.ssj_~ him 0 stop pooplo from stoc,lin,z from hi~: c::1.o.n:1Jp, • . ,, Tho 100.rne;d t:rial 114';,.,gii::tr:::-.,tc accopto~ tho com:iiic~nc.:,nt n.s an honest and truthf1..,l witness ,:..ncl he, thor;ot·o:re, proccodM ta act on tho cvic1.cnco of tho cor.rpldno.nt 'i'i thm1-t roso:t'V"~"':.tions. In his pcti tion of ap:poc.l c~~c,wn ~~ W,e pehe:.lf 'b:1, Jcc.rllCcl counsel tho apµoll..mt rr,iscs two grOU11.c1s:: JJ:f D-Fpeal~ 11;:;.ma,'!J;· the.~ tho lcc.rnoci trial rn\cistrc.: t(J orrod in finc:i~1C \tbqt the a.:Q;pO). :k.~\ 'WG.fi tho 1)0l'S on who injiircd tho aximp.Ww.nt ;;:,n,c;_ tJ.1.c:.t ~);;c sontQXlcc ~o ·ttC)d out w~ manifostly oxccssivo .. In his o,dmi tting minute my kc,J::ne,t'l brc,thor, M~~i .,]",. antl.orscd to tho effea.t: that thoro wore 1,n~lj ~ nort• in tho ~,l>E ,al a.gt',,i?Ull conviction. l, most. respectfully, agroo_, The :principt\l ii ;svc in this m2,ttcr is that of c.t'Olibility of w~ tnosso&,~f t:)ii.co tho comp; J.c,ii11.mt wc.a boliovocl to bo an honest 2-ncl c~od.i.} ;rnr~~ ;peNan then ~e loo.rnod no c.lte:rn.:i;.tiv'O b'!Jlt. to fil¥1. J J,.at. tho t1~i:::.l mn{;ist~e:.-to bi.:.cl, indpod, ic~ontifico,tion of tho appollo.nt a8 th0 a'.iloq t"l~t hi:.~d suf:t'i ,o;.o.n~ly boon ostablishocl. This is so bocc,usC; tl).c h1qidor. \i t.ook :plo,aa :! .n broo.d. dJJ.y light when dr0i.m1st.J.ncos fc:vourinc o, co;rec'b j.~antifio~t,:.c >n no~-~ -wore even in tho lee.st ... ~i'icult c.nd, oqw:lly in\ tpf)rtr~nt, tlll1 ~.nincnt 2.,11c1. tho 2,~polJ,.c:.nt ll;nCf each otlJor bcfor-:io Th£ 'o {11)l)Ollc.1nt. l -~s ~t.1s :'fc... ,--· not 2., strc,ngur c,t 11l;J. :i,..n the oyos of the complr..ina.n' \' 'Ph'~ Ab.,ro e,rg1.-...od t}.lc\t j.\ j ... the complainant ougtt not to hrvo 1Jeon believec!. beccuse his story is hs,rdly creili.ble~ With respect, I s00 no valiclity in this ~:,r:'.\"L:rncnto Tl.1ere is a.bsolutely nothing inc:rec1i7Jle in the canpL::-ina.nt's story. At e,ny r2, to tho 10,:-,rnec:. trircl rn:.·,e;is tr2, te lu::,d tLe great mlvc,ntcc:e of seeing 2,,i1c'.. l:cr.0 :cine; the comple.inc.mto I hc,ve not had thc,t op:9ortu11:i.ty myself• Fu:ctllor, there is notl.inc; 1::J.:i.cll can mr,cle me conclt:.c.!.O t:::..d; by accepting the; cornplc1,ina.nts stoi7 tb.e lo::-1rnecl trial mr,gj_.str,,to palpc1,bly 2;,l:11,"\sed the [;"TOr,t ad:v-c,nt.:,·.p,-e th:::,t '.;o :.:.;.c.l over this Court on tl.:d.s aspect of the 01:.-1-so. On my evah1D,tio11 o:f tl.,o w. d.~~1ee, like the lec.,rncc~. ti~ii:.~l m8,5istrate 9 I too find thb,t the C:)pella.nt w::·;s sufficieJ:ltly icl0ntiiic(;_ as 1XJing tha ~:erD 011 who iri:flictoC:'. t>.c1 injw±os on the compl0,ii1.mt. The extent or 0..0c,-r00 or tLc h1juries has, however, 6:.\usod. rn~ some anicioty. The clocto1~ who 0x2:rdi:,c(. t'.20 complaimmt cleJlc:ri0ocL tho i11j1_,1.ries, ' . i oe o fr.:~oture on b otl:. lci,;,llC].s $ c,G :~i..,.l'D • The ~ec,r~. t,tial. ~ L J . ~ himself_. however, did not r,12Jro r,cy finc.lin:,; of fr,ct on thi• potnt.. All he s,:;,id; ·when passing sentence 112.8 1 anC. I q_uotei- \"; -~ " The coor;:ilainanto arI!lS a.re brilron ~-ncl ho is qui to inc,~,:;?aci ta.ted• 11 This is b.e,rcll;y cu.id.cfont. AB t~_:) }OGi tj.on s"tt:mc.r:J :i.t 3-ii r..ot lmorn i;f tho injuries ·1d::.:i.ch wcro sustEdnoC:~ l)y the canplaii'li..-:.nt f1.1 ~- tLc d.efir.i- tion of g-riG'VOUS ll.L:rt,1 as ki(;_ C.oFn in section 5 Of the ?otjlil CoC:~e o ,? . This r,dscs a cloul)t tho lx)n;:d"i t of which m1..1£:t be teso):v·oo. i~ fu;vou:c t,f tl:..o appellcmt. S~1ca the compJ.1:d.n nt vfr•,s i:njtl±cd a.ll tho ~!no I ,Jill thus enter a comriction fox- 2, lcur,c:c offonoe of a,.tsr,u.l t cc!1,si~1G a,ctml bodily l.w,11;1 cori.tro.:cy 10 soction 241 of tho Por.!2,,l Coc.l0 in ~~ of lJis :prnsent conv'ictio11, 2,1'l.d. tLis I clo. Now tu:rnil'l{C to tontoncc, the c,ypelk,nt he.a buon in ptison fQr i1o full, year now. I t4ink that j_s u-..,-,.fiioient to moot. t}.10 ji.'lSticG of t}lo ' case. I, thcreforo, roo:uco the 8u1--rccnco to such a t-Orm as wlll result in his 'imr;10cliato roloss~ from ~;dl. 26th Ooto~)or, 1980. (n./£fstgi.f JUDGI] Present: l.Ching1,~ile(lllss )S/A ~ ~. A}.)pC J.!I-E;,nt itl l)Ors 0110