19821020 TZHC Tanga

AT: TA.NGA AP:.?ELLATE. JURISDlCTION . . 1 CRIMIKAL . APPEAL NO• l OF 1980 .. -'• (Original, Criminal Ca.se N.q. of .l-979 ~e ') g.1 of (Diatrict:Cour~ of Korogwe Distri<::1i._ at .Korog:we) ., . ' •, Versus ';_ '••, ·. ,. '. .}_ ' .-·.) . .t•:." CHARGE: 1st, 4th 1 C.ounts: '.F,,9rgery efs.- 3;~ of tie Pen~l Code Cap. l6rVol. l of the Lawe~ 2n.d 1 5th Counts1 Utte~j_p.g a falM- document c/s .342 ~f :~e J?encq.,~ Co~e Crip~~;·_ Vol. 1 of the la.ws, ..... 3rd 1 6th CountssM'.lld.ng_-_a· ·fai~~>d~ci~ent o/s 342 of the Penal. Code •. _' , .. . . 7th·: Count: Being "µ{" p,0~$8SS:ion :pf property suspected to have been· stoien;'i~r_,-µnlawfully - aquired els 312 (1) (a) as amended by Act No. _:_ ·:"26/7!: .·. ·, ---------- ' .. ·it ·-_·.,'."0n·•:25~4:79- these three 'iespondriets/ J~seph ~Tari.mo~ lgnS:~~ Mtei ' . •. •• • l,.. ·- • • ·:. ,. • -~~~:_· ,:·... :- ,.:.t•' -· . . . • ·: I ~-;~ ···tl.;, :'I .~r,.cii\.tand: 1:Mfuria Mtei'; · app·eared before the ·1earned Resident hbgist·rate · . -. . . _ · . . ... :;. l I.;·"'··" ,r. ;i ,.· .. _t,_. : ·:. , · t-•.i :° · ·~; ..·f,· ,-}f.• · -'a:na · pl'ehded not guilty to ~ii "single ·count 1 ;·:-:<:·1. ,; · ··;:, (E.M.--E.: Mushi · Eaq) -)Korog'.ve, 1 . . • • .. • : ' •' . . • :"" ,/ • ' . ' j• •• • . I r .. • • . ; : : ; . Jl ~ charg'i.rtg :--them, ·. jointi:y; vii th· the ·--offerlce ... of being in posse~sion of • •' . . . . . .- ·.•. ·,i··,· -◄ --·r •· : -· -.. r ' .. :.- • . -:._.(,'' ;- :!·-:· ,'·:') ' ... ~::·.:.:,··.•r;: :· '".1iroperty .-suspec·ted 'to ?love been st?len -or ··wil.aWfullY obtained: This :1~:f an off~rtbei ·under th~ Peri~l Code~' .'After ·a -~er~~~' oi adj:o~~-~ts £ ,-;; ,· 1 ·0:11, :ot:i· ofte1fa1s the· cns'e, a:t the 'request of the p'~o~e,o~tiio_n ,rt~he ·- 1li,-. \ / ':··._·-:·\. case, fina.llYt came up for hearing before the learned District· Mngistrote . . . . . ·:. '• . •. · .. · .·,,' ---:(•_ ;'.. : "',;-(F~A. ·F\issi Esq;;)',·- Korogwe on 12:10;1~: \, In ail· ~iv~ ~~;t?-esses gave ' .. . . . . \ ·~ :j~,-~·:i'h":•i.!1 :r·''"' evideric'e on the: ':Prosecution side on ~hat· day before 11 ~~--'a.dj~rned :<f' tf ~ ,,., to 24/10/79 in order to°'7 .llQW the Prose_cution to ca1Lmore witnes~es! On resum.pt::lron the,: re 0ord of p:roc19ed,µigs , depicts . thus;.;;;. . : ·)· ttna.tet ,24/10/79 '· Corani·: F .A. Fus~':1\; , .\ . Prosecutor: Inspector·Mnyampe\la. .A.coused; Present · .· · Interpreter: ;L.: .Andrew · , M:r~ _Mram~ .for 1,:the ac:cµseds · . Mr,i, Mass~ett ,f_o; pr6~t {h~ve· been _asking Mr~ Mnyampaln. to continue ' • . >. -·. • ! • . ~ . ., With the oase as ±a~ gc ing to Tanga:f • r. -- ·-: r (,,Sgd) 1 x.:.:.. .·-··-·, F • ,A i ·.Fu SS i ...... " •I. • • .\_ . . ~ • .1 · "Mrf ·Mnyampalft. fo.r pros: Mrf :Mdssaga has gone_ i;o Tania, · I a.~~---~~- ad, ,,ournment (Sid); Mean,vhile I don';t r:ive tl:le Police case file ♦ ~ .. ~ . 'I : l ; _j' . ;- C:. '~"<;. . "t : .M:f,·; Mraµ).ba:~ ± Wish to i1~0:rin th~ ·Cburt' 'tlia't ?fr~ Mas~_aga ie just ·within the buLl,1:iri.gs~'.i. :He'.has :m.ot gone -anyvvhere; C Order: tt·1s true 1.hat Mr; Massa.ga ha~ been seen within the puildings~· He.had no sign f.or .. ,~nfar,1; Therefore, this case has been aqjotirned for last time on 7;'u,'79 1 tnj.s"sh~ws the · 10.ck of··~.isciplin~ ·before Gou.rt; Uearing on 7 ;1.;;'.79 '; :Ba.il extend,ed; · . • (~.gd) F.A~ ,]ussi · •: • District Magistrate · .i:·• · 24/1o/79 n It has 'been said th~t ~he rec?rd of_proceedings mu.st, generally, I speak. for . itse1:r; With gr-eat respect ·to the learned·~strict Ma:giS~:cr ; . . .. . . ,•. ' .. .• rate, . .i It howeyer, find the message Wh!.ch the. record is_ t;cying to ., . . ·,· . . , . ., • I ~{or,=i•ath,e~, the picture Which it is supposed to portray, 1ncot .., .... . . ----··. -~--, .. . .... . . ~,... . . . ,, . ·.. ' . .:. ; : ~~SiB~~ ·:"i;':t::l.lld it.in~onceivable_ that Mnyampala,.or: a~y other perspn /in liis ~ight f;ro.Die of mindt would . ·. . have failed to see the man. who ,, '' ' . ... ' ' ·: · ~ · . addres~ed tlie Cour:t immeciately before ; ~ . him• LikeWise it t>e.ats my ~om~ r I • . • lj reh;~~ihn': that Mas~~ga could '.fiave~1~ft,and .disappeared pefore. ~pe Co~~ . . ,. ·, . : . ·. .. " ..:.. : reep~~~~d .to hie &·ddress:;- Be'· it: a.s i~ may,. the, case was adjo~,4,j~?v,; On tba~ da.t~, 1;·e.' 7/11/79 1 , on the applioati9n by the Prosecution ',. ' subs.tituted tbeJ't) was "".' :)3"'::~ t:_: ' i a. new charge containing . . . of seven lounts a totnl num~r........ 1 . ' 3 of J~ry, Uttering a :fo~C• document, Ab.king a /raise document: and -Being in• possessiqn of pro:>erty suspeqted to . •., unlawi\1.J.l.y obtained: All offences und·er the· re,13ponden;t acc\1.~ed pleaded ·not guilty, on all the sev~,n Counts: Immed~ < . . . ' ,. . . ., }l a._tety after taking the pleas of th~ respondent:.acrnuseds the Public Pr~se~tor Who is shown to have been r.b.ssaga ' :i.nform~r·th~. Courf·tha.t • .. •"J•. )· ... ·he was . O.I'.ranging •. • for anc ther Prosecutor " to prosecute . in t~e, ca:'$e • .· ... J. ·( ~ .; ... .... ··-- - . been.use he hims.elf was.i,1,tl:en prepar:i;.ng t.? procee~. on leave,·· Learned . :.._;.. ' . Counsel. foz:: th~, ~esponder ts, Mr~-~ails''..i, who a l s o ~ - ; ; tor them 1 . in ·'!ih~ C~urt below protr sted t;hn.t the,·hearing o:t;. the case was not • •. .,: • ·1 ' ~ as :· scheduled.: . He, Mr~ ~;Di~,. . '. i"' ,.:.' .. sta~d in his address to t:la.e Co~t::•tho.t 'the iast. i:ime the chse'Was ;" fi:ked for continuation of •: /'I , ·, . • • :, ,J.;1' '~ ',: • ,•. .\ • l ·.: --~- .,, i ·,. • • heari~g . · the :Prosecutcr~1 was said to··nuy,e · gone to Tanga · whereas in , · · r -. · ... .l • • f-o.ct i;hiS was n~~.;- t~e !nd. the hear#/~ tya_s, neve·rtheless, adjourne~:: -~. ' . According to-·Mr. MrambG. thil?, conduct am~unted to contempt ·of Court·; . . f;·•.,·' ·: . / Mr. Mra,mba also talked·, 'of a:·· confiidential letter ,,Which was allegedly """"A •' .! . '. t • '- ..• .. ·'written by the Court on this point;' therefore, :urged' the you.rt He-, .. n~t' to' gran·t o.ny ·fu:rthe'r r'.l'journments in the case; .,; - . ' In ~upport of his · :.•~Jg\iniei'1t lie ·qti6ted the· ··oaze- of llnr.tin,.!gwn~· v-R:~ Wbose·cito.t~o~~ ... ·:::'°t·:·, .. !-:I, t.; . In. reply the Public Prose:cu tor, stated . . 1i~~::t. 14,s wi tnes.sres bad -••"Kbt fu~ed' u'p beca.t.tse '.,of transport:·di:fficu,1 tie~ ap. they were coming from ·,~ut'sid;'e ·Tang&.:• 'He t.rged .thei ;CouT{ t~ .P.:O;-joµ:rn the· case: sot t'lIDt another Public Prose cu tor could come and tak~ _over froth him:, - · ... ·, ·: . ·, ' ; ' . ': ,' .. - . '. ' ' . ' . . . ,· ;.. A:fter gi viri1{ M:r; .- 'M':i:p.mba a.n··1opportun;i, ty of explni?iiilg ..hbW' be 1 came ~o kno~, abo~-t th~' ~-~~ide~~ial letter Vfhich the·--6-o~t· ~~ot~·, . I ··. the ·()ffi~e:p in ·'~ha~i'e C~mmanding D~strtct Police, Kor~·g~;.,. in_ conn~- . , .th . e: ...,... .i . . . . . -:: :·. , . tr~•• . . . ction ::w1th --.1/way the case was being handled, the ,le~med Jastrict - : ;. ~ ; ;__ Magistrate made a ruling in the following wo;d's,· :arid,•;?· ~quote it .as it 1s, and in full:- I 'iiii' ~-· ,·- ·' ., I '. ,., -11BulitIB: . · \ .. ·- . .~). .'.:. _ .... , ~is; 1.s a rui:i..J?.~ af a. case after the present ,P.P~ hn.s'-'a.ddressed the Court not to. proce•)d, with the case_· a.s. he iSi prepnrin1g· to go on 1ea.ve t . :. · · ·· . . ·- • ±l wris o~ 24/10/79 when this case-=wae last a.djowrlied for hearing irideed, the l?°.P. Ndugu Massaga addressed 'the _Court tha.t the ctise Will, be cont1uctfd by his brother P.P. Ndugu'IMnyamp~J.a _,as he was goirlg tq Ta.nga; ~In the actual faci; he did not go: The Couft after a long·waiting from the prosecution adjourned the ca.;se until 7/1J/79, besides thit this Court wprded out 1£ be lqck of discipb.ne. be.f,ore Court~·, . I .- .. .,., On ·1ti1-~79 the s;me prosecutor firs.t. asked the Cburt''to SU~ _,sti tu~e 'the ·cha:rge qgainst the accuseds and preseht the fresh chargf I' ~ Coqrt complied. ¥1'.i th the re~u.~st, and the charge was Su b/3'._ti tu t~d f '. ·. . . · .. The~eaf'.tep~ th,~ ffO~:~~!<:>r said thai:· fii•'wtfs not p;epa;~d to cont±nue:.:w-1 th the . •cn:~e as he was going on l~ave, 0 . , . <; ,. , ; f",j ·, f);·•.{''t '.: .J. .:.: '· .l' . .l As to the Ci;r"curn.st'arices of thi~· ·stage, the dourt has_ 2i'oted something being p;t,i:l.yed with jµStice;'. i The, prosecutor has not · testi-fied the\· Coifrt"-as to·· when. he' is ·going to start his leave: The me.re statement tho. t "Lam preparing to go on,.leave" cariiiot.~_ be~ genuine reason of'adj6u:rning the case not to.be proce~~ed: As to the fairn~ss of justice, this·· Court .is dismissing th'e _! · .. charges against : the :i.ccuseds and tiettt to be 113:ck of prosecution under section 198 C~ ?. C~ '·.·. · \ ·.1 ':,. . ,.i. (Sgtl) F.A~ Fussi Dis·trict Magistrdte · 7/1u'79u: ··-. ,·i J: . ..r. lt 1s from t~~s .ruling .,of. th~. dismissal-'•Of the case by -:t}le learned ..... • ' \_' I, \_ ~ • . : . J • ~l ~ Distrip_t M&gistrate fo:r wani , of ,•prosecution and/ or .tu:1der sec-:t;:ion 198 ·.r ,.-· ... __ . · . :· . -:. . . ;_. . / , . . :_ - :·. .· ·r,-- -\J of the Crirni~al Proq~~u;r:e Coq.,e that this' :appe_dl ·has now been. brought j • (~J by the. Director of Public Prosecutions, .In·. his petition of appeal Which was drawn by learned Sb'b<t Atta:;. ;. ... . rney, Mr. M,.H.P. Mtinga.le, the D.P.P. advances three reasons of appeal that is to say:- n 1: The l~arned trial ·Magistrate grossly erred in dismissing the charges :f_or lack of Prosecution in the circumstances · of this case; 2; The first prosecution was opened on 12:10;79 and a(ljourned to· 24;'10. 79 a.fter five witnesses liad testif'ied and on the 24!10~ 79 i-t was, a-d journed to 7!lli 79 therefore this was ,the third ad jouI'IllllBltt Which was asked and the ref ore ._th,~. principie . that . "just .·. ice delayeg._ m is justice denied·~ ··dou1d :· not apply· in' the circumstances, "" • 1t ,3.' There were re?,sonable"__grounds fhr~ :J;,he Pz:os:~-~-~tor to ask (for) an adjournment 0 ;J · _· .-. -' :..."' •: : At the hearing of this appeal it was subc.:i,tted by the,_lea.rned . ; .. -.,-_ Sta:te Attorney, Mr. Akaro, that the a.pplic'o:tion for 1;1djournment which . [ was made on 7/11/79 ;;;as perfectly norm,il iri' the spirit of the provisions of section 201 (i) of the Criminal Preced~r~ .Code; th'e reasons for for askinglthe ad jo,y.:r-pip,ent were reason.o.'ble ana., ·after all-, there had been , .I . .I. • .:. . ! ~ . '. · only three ad,j'oµrnments rf the Jien:rirtg p:teviously; that the nd.rjlmist;.. ['...., ',._.,,? •• :,. : - • .. • • ~ ,t; .: (·:. • I ration of jus•tice was not impvded by the said application for adjour~ ,. l . . ' , nment nor was there any mc.nif es ta tion. of a total disregard of the respondent accuseds 1 c0nst1tutional rights; and thcit the section (19$ Cr~· P~C) 4uo,te~ by. the 1earn~d Distri<?t Magistrate ·wa.s_ wz;ong_. • ' • r. "1.' ; : •, ,t :: . ·~.I· ; • because there was. a ·Prose.cu.ton pr.e_serit'· and be'fore him at the material t '· . '· c. Mr~ Mr£:1mQO., aq:voqp. te ~ who appeared fol the respondent accuseds .L ... - , - stibmiti;eq tl:iat- _the-.co:gduct·of the Pu6i:tc.:Ptosecmtor·v~ho dealt with the ~ :..,: .. !"·· ·~· ! . ':l_} case after••i ;12:10~'79 -left a lot to be desired ~ ~- fact it amounted to . • . '. •• I ~ "..,l. : •• .~ ,, · I i. c_qnt~inpt 9f, CO"L\f.~;.. that there -was· every indication that the Prosecution ·t .: ' ~-- J ~ ,. . _ .. ·- ' . ha.d lost int~rest_,in .. ,:t;h.Er ca1;3e; and that, by reason· of the aforegoing, ~ ~-·:·: ., .::· r: . ·· .. .' . . •. . . . - .• ' th.e trial .Court _ha_~ in~~ren i. power· to . act as it ·did;' In support o_f ,. \" :i \ I, ,; • -:. ~• .:; '. ·.: •; • . ·., ., I• hiS argument _Mr., Jttamba again -re'ferred this' Court ,: : ' '. • ; : : ~ •. :. : \'. •' I.' . .·; •. tci the case of . ,. not been able to ,lay my .h~l\ld!?. on an&1-peruse it; Mr. Mramba _conceded, 'r:""L. ·~.f ··--~- • t :: ·.=-:.-, : :-.1''.•.._t.t ""'. . however, that t_he. _s,ection un<:ler Which,'.the learned District Magistrate ..-·.-_-.,_:·:··'· :·.: >: ..,:·in·"">-::·.. ·· · . . - .: · purported to act_ was wrong: ~l"tn:t- Cou:f't -had no power to dismiss _the l ··1. .t ;-, :; i i. ,._1 • • . case under • j·; . section . .·:· L98 . ·- of ..•.. ,the .Criminal Ftocedure Code~' . ,·.-. ' . Section 1,9,8. of .the Criminal= Proc13du}e Code pi,-~vides as follows:~. ,•;· • • •, : :_. ._ , ( , i . •,\ _:,, l ;_ • • l • ••,, ..., .: ' • ' • ' • • 1 ''19{3;' ~f'.,. in _any co.se ,;which a sub.ordinate Court has jurisdicti,o.n:;· to heat"and determine, the accuse<;_ _p.er~qn .ilppea.:rs, in ,o-bl'ldi~rice ·. 1;o· the _sunµnons ~eryed upori · himi at 'the . time. and place appoi:qted in" : ~-- -~~ the 'summons for the hearing of the _c~.:3-'1., or, _is brought •before -ijie .·· · Court_ und_e~_Arre"Stf-.•.theni• if• the comptairia.nt, having had notice ' .,.:,,bf the time and place appointed for the hearing of the charge, does : ••• /6 r. . 1not appear} .the; Co1.:~~i;., shal;:i.: dismiss the. cJ:;icirgE3; .and" acquit the ~ccused person,' unlE s's for; 1:some· reason it shall think it proper to,34~journ the hearjng of the case until some pt~er date, upon s~ch terms OJ:\.~ t Sh!'.111' i~hinkJi t, .in Which event· it ni.ay, pending such ad journe'd hearin(, · e1 ther admit the a,ccuseq,_ pe;rfi!o!l, ,to .roil . or :remand him to. pris,;n,. or t;:ike ~u:ch1security tb'r his appeararlce .:r.- ,as tht!; Court shall th:•':nk fit; : .. ·<.: 'It is 'nbW sd.ttled that upc,:1 '; proper conistruct:i,.q11 of.,this .,section 198 . ·~ " . "' a Public Prrj'secuto:ri stands i'n the pl~c·e of the compl~ingiii't~ 'As was ··'. ' ' . ,I.. . conceded by bgth · the ·1ea1~e<{ Stdt~ Attorney ~nd the learned Counsel for · , ' . . . _ .. ·. ·therefor·e, . ,thi:;i_respotldents ., the case ::!Culd not,J,roperJ.y . .. ,. be dismissed . under Section . . ,\ ·,' • '..' :-_) ·- : ·_i ;_,. ·.•• .. ~ .~198 Cr~' :i?,·C~·!beca.use the 'Public Prosecutor was present;a At any ro. te the si tue tion with which this Court 1s now fac.ed. ).n this 1nsta.nt appeal is by no means novel. It is almost on all fours . ·. with the one With which El.ran, J;! was faced in the. case of .D.P.P vt ··:ion·~<..( ;?Uenda Saidi Kiara.tu (1~78_) LRT n;64;' . • The factual b1ckground in.. that a;;·· . case being that on 9tli Ju:"e, 1975, Kiaratu appeared before the District ' _: •.·- Court of Dar;..es-Salaarrl Ch 1rged on eight counts of Stealing by •····~-. ~~-~ant ·.. ,' , .,.;~ ~Jch ;is an offenc'tf ·under Sections 265 and· 2;1 of the Penq:l .Cod·,;;\ c: A:f.te:r several adjou:rnmeritd, · as also was ~he case in instant ·~~\t~er,. nearly-all at the request of the prosecution, on 23rd Octo;ber, 1975 1 .. ,•• . pr:o~ecution, Ori the charges a\ laid -~a~: Withdrawn ~nd 'f{a,~ supstituts.~ there:for a ffesh-•chn.rg~ ~heet· containing seven Counts of SteaJ,.ing ,_: . . ,-, ·,· _-,.,. ··. !'. ' . ·.' Se~ant/ Th~ acctised pf~od not guilty to ail Counts Wh~reupon ' •••. 1•. ·• :.~ !_ • • Before the first Witness finished ; .. , .!. -· .. •. ~ : .' r i ,· 1 ~- \.'·.: ~ -CD giyJng his evidence fu"rther cid joUll'lllllent followed.• These were, .1I,11-turn1 't.. ~ ~\ ·. :,. r.'. 1 f o;Llowed •'by the wi'th'draw&i' ~f the ~~osecu tion on the ~~cond c~~+€:eS This third. ·.· .I,; charge sheet containect':tie'nty;..four_: C~~ts, all, ~i th oµe. p9ss;j..bl~ . )'' : .... .' ... •.:· ~3(~(:)pt:i.on~ :for Stea.111ng1 ·by Servant~' There was some argument between t. , I .. . .-_ ·: ·( ., I .• .. .t.he def:epce, and' the··Pro~k·c~tibr{'~n t.~~ t;~nty:..fourth' Count.~ 'Thi~ was, ··:,\ ·_,.. . : '«.' : ;·:.:.. ·;";···_<"<:':_ . ' -.....:.·1:"·. ·. ',i: . . ;, . . :'_.:;,. ,.,- . .'•. ·.. .- . finally, .0,cl~oi.qed.;upon by t}:le .·~istrie~ Court and tlie accuseci }?le,~ded not .. - > ,.· / .. '... ' ... " 2-!''; ·:::.,:' • • .• I- ..,~-_.. a '' .,.'1 ·:.~·\1,·; .' .:'J -~ . \.:,:',gui,lty -~' ·' . t~Jl ;charge '. -· !confafriitig'·t~v~rtty:·~~o~r :-. . .. . ' '. '. '. . . Co~ts. '·.rrhe'• h~a:i'ii'lg then . ., ' ,_ ' .. : ' ···1. ·:_,,. 7 • ,.. ; ,'..\.,: r') hearing the case; and on another he,:tre:i,p.stated ~ ,, . . himself;. ' Seven more 'witness~s gave.evidenc: and.after seve~ adjo~ents the hearing c~ntinu:~a. until i/ 4/16: On that day i.e. J./4/76, Kiara.tu wa.s. recorded absent and .one .-: .'.!' ;Inspector ·KijaZi Who· appeaTed for the Prosecution informed the Court that :the Sta.·te Attorney wJ:'.) was prosecuting. in the case. had gone on . . ., . ;:,u--:·.Sa:£ari an6 he asked°"·for tl.o case to be mentioned on 15~'4~'76~ The _'.:.. .. :,i~P.Pli'&:t:1.on for the ment'io.2 date was a11owed and a warrant of arrest -.,. · w.~s ordered agtd.nst Kiaratu .' Before 15th Kia:atu appeared ~nd - ~ __ ._ satisfactorilY'explained hts previous absence'! His advocate who also appeared on that day 1then isked for hearing dates to be fixed :for , _;13th anu 15-•th Apr.11 ~nd he undertook to inform the State Attome,y .; . c_qncer:ned· accordingly; , Fl~, .ring was then fixed on 13th and i5tp.. I ._ ,April a.s re.quested·, by Kia':r;.tu I s advocate; The warrant of arrest was ' .:' .: On -13th April, 1976:;· J::1spector Kijazi appea.r~d :for -~h~ _pr.qse_cution .. ; i·t . . . ;- '' .". . .• : .1. and a.eked for a fresh heti:rir.g d&.'te. He intimated that he. had had no .t".. . .. . .'1 (• it.· -in,structions . . ... ... · in i;he· ca.s·e b.nd "'i.-:1c· ·;elevant Police file had no:t been • I . :.:-,} ,·. • brought down to him;· Kio.ratu·s advocate expressed_~st9niShment to .., ;•. see .. that the- prosecution were not prepared to continue with the hearing i. ,''..iJ . \. and: .Without· advancing dny rea Jons_. He complained t:qa t the ~ase had. \ v: beem god.ng on sirice June, 197::i, and that the pro_secution were not ._. serious about it· ai; a111 In .;;he end he prayed -the Cou:ct to dismiss the case under section 200 of the Criminal Prpcedure Code: Upholding the submission by Kiaratu's r.1v6cate the lea~ned trial Magistrate dismisse~, the case Under Se6~don 200 of the Criminal Procedure Cqde · f.or failurek by the PrQsecutibn ta offer eyjdence. The learned trta.1 Magistrate stated in his ruling that. he could not dismiss the case for want of prosecution "as technically tfai•:re was a prosecuto:i ~ • • one 1'1i e••• / 8 I. Inspector Ki ja.zi n: Sectj on 200 of tlie Criminal Procedure Code deals _ • .!!. • • . : . . . '"'5'/¥ With th~ Wi thdrawa1 of co-,7Pl[lint by a ~~t\..~~,'t Aggrieved · by the· dismj ssa1 of the· case by- the _ District Court, Dar-es-Sala.am, "' . the "' Directo:~ of Public . Prosecutipns . . appealed . to tliis . . . . Court: :Biron, , I J:, held, :i;.1ter a11a, that a Subordinate Court: (such as .the Dar-es-Salaam DistJ ict ..Court as well as the District Court at .·, .-·,· . ~ Korogwe) iS 'the crea.tion ·Jf a statute (1';e, the Magistroteat Courts Act,. Ca-p~ 537) and has n<) inhe,rent powers other tha.n thos~ conferred ·• • • ., lfj ·. r.. · upon it by_ st~tute: .[EE also Republic v~ Venance Ndali (1;977) LRT n,· ·M;· Biron,·· J: heid furth-~r tha~ a subordinat~ Court has no +.;i.~t to 1 ; dismiss a chcirge ·and acqr it on accused where the prosecution is_ rep!; . resented and does not ag1 Fe to such diSmi~sal of a charge or a_c4ui ta.l . . . . ·. Ali With ther::i I, most respectfully,_ agree~ As a matter of fact the ratio decider:di in the-Kiaratli ciise is so pertnent to the , . . . instanJ case that I 1 witY gratitude, adopt ·1t-in toto in the instant ,J:,::.s~,1 . w . . . appeo.1, I, theretil5'r1 he hold that the learned District Magistrate had no power in law to dismiu-. the case for want o:f prosecution ar:d/or under · Section 198 of the Criminal '.Procedu_re Code:·, In the final event thi? appeQ.l succeeds arld it is' hereby aliowed; ' The order ·of the District C::.:..:i.rt dismissing the charges ts quashed and set a.side• It iS further ,::u'.'ecteq $hat the record s}lould now be') remitted back to the Distr;; C'·t Oouri;, Kor8gwe, so that hearing and . ·•~:~. det~rmination of the case, ',hich was hitherto illegally terminated by . the learned District Magis t:r.ate, resumes up.d/or proceeds according '/iii to law, · It is only hoped that. the prosecution Will pursue . the case -· ,wit};!. ··.. - . . ~ the dilligence and e:::~:edi ~ion whicJ:?. . it, certainly; . -d~serves·: . .. . Delivered in ope,.1 Cou.:,:,t at Tango. this 20th October, -1982! _·