19880311 TZHC Dodoma

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OP TANZANIA 4 (COi?.AiI MAKANE, J.A. KISANA, J.A., And ONAR, J.A.) QRfl4INAL APPEAL NO, 37 OF 1987 MALIIBA HUSSEIN, . . .. , . . . APPJLANT VERSUS ThEREPUJ3LIC. . . . . . . . . . .RESPONDENT (Appeal from the conviction of the High Court of Tanzania at Kondoa) (Bahati, ,) dated the 28th day of March, 1987 in Criminal Sessions Case No. 18 of 1985 JUIGNET OF THE COURT IaSANGAJ,A, This appeal arises from the appellant's conviction for murder contrary to section 196 of the Penal lCode and the sentence of death imposed on him by the High Court (Bahati, J.) sitting at Kondoa. The conviction was based primarily on the evidence of Joha Rashid (p.w.2). The witness tstifisd that on the day of the incident, as she was returning from the river at about 3 p.m., she found the deceased on the way. She and the deceased exchanged greetings. Then presently the appellant appeared and began to rough up the deceased. The witness asked the appellant what he was doing but the appellant hreatc-ned to strangle her if she made noise. Whereupon the witness got frightened and ran home. Sometime latar at about sunset the witness heard an alarm and on answering it, she found the deceased lying dead near the place where she had left him and the appellant. The medical evidence was that death was dueto a raptured spleen. The learned trial judge, however, found p.W.2 to be a witness with an interest of her own to serve, and as such her evidence required corroboration. This finding and direction by the learned judge :were quite justified.. ......... 0./2 ri 4 4q •0• • •••• wq 4.SUT ersqo aqj Inq 6 1.ue,edcTs et. IqITm p3.xCqo .tpuToc sst ji'a) UCSSCH ueos aq$ qe q.uadcIe atlq. pus pass3oap at AU0 4.JI s Cq psureO pus U3W9CS eOT1Od .18T. pajo l pealUO0 9119 6.19A8ttOt Ut 30U9pTAC aOq u (ii'Md) UCSSCH fl1X4W pus qU9fl9CICIC aq q. 'p855808p 3i.q 1 ,kjatueu 'quese.xd suo saad aaaqI ezat aaaqI u00u.14ie IeqI eUItJO JO 0U909 8T4. I J91 8S U8b Ieqj p35Ot.S PGt 00110d 3T. Ut UTPUTJS,agpnC 1T o-qI ptrtci UT .1C8 'M'cIloqj. os Aq ,ces U] e luel l adde qqI UeqI .19TO suoemos Xq peipj tiaq eAcq 0. pesceo8p eqq. .103 OTqTosod ITTIs SCM IT 6 ,~ eqa-q I zo BuTuxem qons ap'jod UOTOtAUO0 S UCTJCcMC aqj cytsnC oI SC OS aouepa sj jo uoaOqOa.1OO zu9ToTjjns po3j2 IOU pip \1 Sq U3Aç SC 8.114 .10 3uTuaem I.OflS JO 6OU3pTA8 3tq. S14 )U4 91. esso uoT.noaSo.1d aqj uo .qnop .icus .St3O .OU PIP 3.1C14O 91.4 JO e.tew e jo p uTIsTsuoo aouz jap s 1 ;ue11edds aql jeTjI ptmoj UTA 'PIP 3t1 SC U0T.OTAU0O 31.4 p3.19.U9 3ptL IT- p9tLIS 3 I 914 / 'S9S99U.tM OM 9501.4 JO 9OUCPTA9 91.14 UO up1 9 H * ,kep j eqj SØWT. 80.114 9uT uaem 31.14 p8.S9d9.1 IueTl9dde 6TL • (passaoep eqq.) WTT. pIt•tOM 3L1 8STM.xeqq.o 'p355939p 91.4 30 9.150 935. O. WTI.4 pUS 'p395303p aqq. 30 J914CjpUC.1 91.4 6 V1'd p91OCo.1d(IC pst Ia e ll a d cle eqq q.uapT3Ui 3q1 JO 9 tP 914 oq. .101.1(1 s.&ep 9ATJ 3U105 OqIk (Vii'i) P3m5140114 JO OOUCpTA9 314 UT 9OUCpTA3 9s'M'c1 JO u0TsJoqo.1.1o0 PUTJ 01 UO juam e8pnç Telal PCU.1C91 91.4 UeqJ U01.fl09S0.1d 31.4 .103 SS9U.tM s eq PIUOM 3q5 O.C14 PI0. SCM 3S 955013.1 .191.4 uodn Pue 'U9PT0UT aqj p8SOOGTp 3t -qOTqA Itt u3ui9,Cq.S a oll o d C RUT31ew .10.J8 Sep 31.10 Sluo P990819.1 SCM pus ST.4UOW XIS .103 Apo.sno ttt q.nct SCM qqS o a ouajjo slql .103 pa l sajac SCM 814w -saa 2 ejTT.& M0fl93 .191.4 01 W9PTOUT 914 P3501351P JaA3U St 9AJ95 0. lIMO .1814 jo q.58.13l.UT us peq 'M'd UTPUTJ 0T.fl. toddns oq. 30U9p1A3 OUiwjaqm a @Ao SCM 3.18qL peTJsnc 8q.nb -. - -3- against him was withdrawn subsequently after which he was made a prosecution.witness. In his evidence, of course, he denied being at the scene or seeing the deceased at all on the materia. day. In these circunistances we think that one cannot rule out completely the possibility of P.w.4, or some other person for that matter, being connected with the death of the deceased. For the reasons set out above, we think that it would be unsafe to uphold the conviction. In the result the appeal is allowed. The conviction is quashed and the sentence set aside s The appellant is to be released forthwith unless he is otherwise lawfully held in custody. DAT]fl at IODO1'1A this 11th day of Narch, 1988. - L. M. MAKANE JUSTICE OF APPEAL R. H. KISANGA JUSTICE OF APPEAL S A. N. A. OM1R JUSTICE OF APPEAL I certify that this. is a true copy of the original. (j. H.,Ivr3OiE) SENIOR DEPUTY RXISTRAR.