19940427 TZHC Dodoma

cr..n.roo .·.nru..t No,. 120 rF 1993 ORIGIN.:L C.l..TJ'.!IN.'..l, C~:.:5E NO., 80 OF 1992 . OF T.'.L!i m::·!r:· r:T COUt111 OF l-L~IOlIT DISTilICT .:i.T Ml.NYON:I: 13:.ill!'Q:-..QJ ].J.F,-. ~USSI ES':-Y., p DIST:lICT M:..GI3TIL.T.m SL:G...:NO s.:J.fGiu.Lio • u • .,:,i:PELI.,.;'.;NT versus . . . llESPONDENT 'l!8J] :;:.rJ1.JilLIC • • • •" 4 6 • • • • ---·-- JUDGMENT Tb.a appellant Sinde.J.10 s/o S311(;1-cl,i was ob.arged and o.onvioted •t :rebbery with violence c/ss 285 end 286 of the Penal Cod.e Cap. 16 1-y the t;onyen:f. Diestriot Court" .A.l?pellant and his colleague were sentenced t. 30 ye~s imprisOl'lment end ·helve strokes of co1~po:.:-al punishment. 'lhe appellant is nou appealing against conviction 0nd sentence. on lt wa.s common 5C'ound at the t:i."iol that 23.10.1991 at abeut midni~t, the eompla.inD.l'lt Me;. i.to. a./c lulonQaji (PUe 1)"' \·ra,s in·,rad.ed by a (!,l'oU.p of ro1/oa.:-s. They rushed into the house ~.nd 1)ega11 to assau t the compla.L"lant and her hv.sband ·with 1panga,s' e.nd sticks •. A:i."'tel' the attack the ro1Jb~s z-w at-rey id.th 21 t,ead.s of oo.ttle. 'lhe cornplc1..in.-.nt sti.>.ted that thel'e ,-n:1.s a 1-dok le.mp (ko;;:ooboi) in the ro(,Iil end so she ma.n2.[;od to identify the a.wellont 2.nd. ono Ilrunisi s/o Mbi'bti. The other evidence oonsist0d of John s/o J.fu(,,ubuka (P!-T. 2) and Mo.ab.3J.a. a/o Mc".ige (P1-r.3) ivho 1-rare in E', sec:J:ch pni,ty on 23/10/1991 snd manae-ed to :find t;, e:~oup of ro1:,1Jers driving awe. y th0 stolen cattle at Kengelege ~iver valley. It is said they mane.gad to ar'.':est the ap:pellr.nt and llemisi s/o Mbibti, '1-lhile ethers f':?.d c.Wt\Y• Some c:i.gl1t hen.els of oa.ttlo were reoovered. The c,_r)j?elltnt denied to hc.ve hc,d. tnken part in the robbery. IIe sc.id. tJ.iat he was su:rpr-ised Hhen one c1.£~r in 1992 he 1-ra.s arrested :f'rom his home ~or 'being o. cettli, thief. Ile said he denied but they nevertheless arrestad him. Re n.dm1 tted that the complci.nnnt is his villagemri.te. 'Ille a.ppellMt called his 1d:f'0 c.s his ·wi tnoss~ 1Ji10 conf.il'.'med t..'1at hel' h-usb ilud w~s o;.:Tested at home end not ~t Kent~le£e riv0:t' vru..loy. The trie.l oourt wr:-,s satisfied with tho pr,9secution case and hence the conviction. l:n nv view the tostimoz~r of the complci.ru-nt PU.1 needed 001--rC?}or-v..tion M Pli.e 1-'\'\.U'l):··.rtod to ..,,_:;:-:-'O identified tho culp:dts e,t nicllt tt.ith the help of c. wenlc li@lt :t'rom' t.\ 1koz-oboi 1 t:nd 1m.G?1 she ,·ms in ag\JJ:t? ft•ora the asscw. t• , Z· r& ~ " .;JIIII' ~!;~::-:ti.on :t't-1-m l?:'7',.2 ,_;nri J>I!il' ~ s,tr.te .AttGrxtO)" 11fr. ~ ~.e,wd. thc.t P'IT.2 nnd ~W.3 1;,m/ly o~robirc.ted. tho oemp~• I have oQ.To~ p ~ 1ll.e teaUxnoey oi :F17.2 end i>ir. 3 and find thr.t it is of ~ ;;utl.1.0l.'ity. They cli:wned to J.12::il'O P.J.-:;costad tho appellant on 23/10/1991 \iiuich moci'le tllc.t on the no:x:t few clcys ho must have been sortt to tha peU.oc. 1'ut tto court roooi--d shows tho.t tb.o c",ppelln:it wn.a ohareod in cou;,::t on 13/e/1992, cl1eut 2. yonr lr-,ter. llia 01.alJn tl.1.c,t ~o•,J.Sed 'Wtl.S !'ffos1od from his home, cannot thus be dismissed.. Tlldi'G w.s no ovidonoo t'A.duoed :i,B t('J -:i!.-.<:.i: ,~~<men. 1'o tho :--,;_ppollon+. 13il'l.Oo :io til'.S ro:·:r-ostod on 23/10/1991. N1lY was 110 n•t sent strr.ight to tho cou:i."t ~- J;olice Stt>.tion•.? l>id he absoond.? '11hose quoations o.-o una.ns·m1:red. In the avont I find tb.~t tho et.so we.a not proved bayond &lY" l'Otl.f3Q~-1)1o doubt. I cl.lotr tho appea.l~ I quash tho 0011.,riotien end aat asido tho senteno0. 'lhc e.p:pcllant should bo rela..~()d. £~r1:hw;.th - ~ hQlll, ~ .. m\T oth~ &ttonco. O:.;-de.J- c.ooro.•din{,~ly. 27.4.1994 Court, Ju.d&tlcmt delivorod in ohembers at Dodoma, in the proscm.oo of thQ O.j_)poll0nt r:nd tl·• Kifunt1.<., Stf'.to Att,i:.inoy .for !to Ropublioe ............. -- .---.·.·.-._-;_~/ !\..-·,- ./\.. _,.,.,..·:. ...\ ... -. -·---------···•··-··-- ~--- ··---- ·:_,.,_ .J{ (J.L~- N:!.Ut"CI.lr!k)__ ______ 1· J"CJJXm