19980128 TZHC Tabora1

IN TBJJ; I:IlGH COURT OF '11.';...i.,;,:;A,i.iI,A AT T.AIDM ··-- CRI1,J:.1.,;il.l il.PPE:iL J.10.,_5 OF 19:fl ORI{:H~•ACCii;G FRON B.:...t"1L~DI DISTRI c111 OOUR11- CRii,.il,<•fJ, CASE .,106 78 · OF 1996 ... VERSUS JUDGlv1E1~T Cfil.i(J..U.UCLJ. Sillfot~~~• Dii. 9 tl1e. app ena;;..t, was c.b.a,rgBd with 4s saul t Call.Si rig Actua\Bqclily- Ham Contrary to section 241 of the PenaJ. Code. He was f1?und guilty. by the District Couxt of Bariad.i (r:.B. Kurwijil'a D..fo..) and sentenced to 10,000/= fi,"e ois twelve-·mnnths jail in default:.-· In adcli tion-·he was ordered to paJr the co1Dplai,,,an't ~lls,250 1 000/= coillp~:rsa-i;:i.·011-.· Being aggri&- ved he has '1 0W appealed agai,,,~t both oonvictio,-, arid sel'lte,,ce; Re has appealed aea:L,,.:d; th.Q 00i11pe...,sation o:eder too., The prosecntioi, crtse at t4e triaJ. was that on '20/7/95 at a.i!Dout 11.00 a.in. -the co111ph,i)1a,;1t a:nd her sisters saw the appellant-fs head of cattle grazi,,,g in their shai11ba.. -·They chio:ve the det;tructive anii,1als out of the shamba. The11 tho appella"'t:1 with his llY>identified youtJ.1.s who later escaped1 chased the sisters wi th-·the h9lp of a dog,. They caugh-i; t:,sm a"'d thoroughly beat than, with fi~s and clups,. 'l~.::.e.. QOiiiplai "'ant was tlie- o:ne who suff-ered most frtli.il t.he bea);i,,,gs.. She became µnconsciouso She gai:1ecl co:nscioutrn~ss at S01na11da ht1spi->,J1.,- The PF.3 report, Ex:hibit--P.1, shows the Cbiuplainsmt ' . -ttsustai,,,ed in jui-y O"' (L) nar tlut wouna;· bloedi -.,g per ., ):1asaJ., loss of conscious- -ness, object Us8d•. was ]?lunt __ and was .4arigerous ha:rrn. 11 The police and su-ngusV:ngu. were notified. They arrested the appella1l_t 0 In his def onco the appellarit told the trial court he was sick ·libat c1aJr and did 'not go 0L1_tv -· . . , The cou1pUhna,-,t told the trial court t.hat their cl::.a.,nba is very clO"Qe to the c1.ppel-'ta~ t 1 ;:; hoL,SBo 0 The tiiii~ was 11~00 a.m. So the questioY1 of 1n1'.stak:e11 idEl'~-cit;r does not arise OJ'l t11.:,,t proadday--ligl1t d.':J'-• I find t1ot 3 ny good rea.,30,1 -C') i'aul t the trial co L,rt' s fi 11di 1,gs of fact.- The convi..., ction -theref 01~9. is upheld.. The sen·i:;er-1-Ce too is YlQt e::x:cesnive,. The COillperisatio-n order of Shs. 250,000/= for a- assault caus:j.111s adu.cl bodily hard is a bit e.xcessiv~ 0 --.., ;'·,:r-.~::··::,/ft: tr~:\t:~•·t!J;::i.P' ; Therefore tlle app·eal agai.,.,s-'G 001.rvictio,., and ser1,tence :i:s diSiliissed. That·"'agai,is-\: tht: co;11pb,satio';io:;ider is al.lowed to .the e:i::te:nt that the awount of CO.ilip011s:J/iio'!'I fori,,,juries suffered is--reduc.ed f:roi11 Shs. 251·;-000/= j ,··.; . .~~ 1·~~~ l;iCHOi•.ill:, JTfDGE ~