19931230 TZCA Dar es Salaam

Al-:,PELLI\.TI:: J"C!:ISDIC1rICN IIIGTI c:J::·:rr C~UIITN!.L APP:8,_'_L m:·. 134 01'!1 1992 OF T:IE DIS'.I':JICT CU T:fl1 0./ ILALf. DISTRICT AT KIVUIWNI JJE:£<10ILl: J om., KIYETI ..J E3Qo, RillSI:.mJT I:11\.GIST:t.TE D0r1IlIT C Il:'l.~lE • • • •• • • • •••• , • • • 1'~PPELL.ii1'I1 (OillGIN~L ACC0SED) (Oil.ICINAL PROSECL1TOR) iL.1JDGMENT J3JJ,Ii~l·'11A, J .K. The appelln.nt, Do::u.nic s/o l'...at.1.lo, w::i.s charged before tho Distnot "11111 Court of Ilala., tosothor with two. ot~:cJ.."S' with robbory ri th viwlenoe, contrary to s. 285 and 2C'6 of tho Pcnc.J. Code. - It w~ nllesed in. the p:ll"ticUlQrS of offence thnt n Doninic s/o IIaule, Ally s/o D:i.11.lrlB'n and Saidi s / 0 Saluo. 0. ~ ••• 0 •• ~ •• Oi.1 '-~ho 13th day of Mareh, 19c9, at n'buut 19.00 l:m. at I(inpares:l Village within the llistrict ,)'!-: Ilnla' n.nc:. Dnr os S:i.laan Recion, jointly ' and together did s·toc.1 Cnsh.-"~,-odo/-, Olie ohotgun No 0 6,50 JM nnc'!. O!\C 1Jox wlucl: contained "enrious cloth.ea fror.: one SALEIT Ii>J!}i-T!.NA, nnd o.t, inr:iediatc ly be:fore o:t' :Lr:uediatcis' 3.ftor-t.1:o ·ci:,e of such stea.ling did use actual violemo by thro'.1tening to kill the s~id. SALE~'I: M!JT;f.NL witl! ~ i,iotol in ordo:r,- tti :rotnin t* obtain the said stc3loh property, valuad at •.bs• 25,000/a fror:1 SALEIIE I-.f.mtJTA"• .ALLY s/o Dilunrro. ~ oonviotod upon hi.s o,m. pl,oa 'wm:eh the

leo.:med. r.1,;;1v'1".istl'ate · took to bo n pl~tt pf {-;,,tiJ.ty -'&o .,~he ol'i:111ga. !he a.P,pel].a.nt, and Snicli Snlw.1 pleaded not {3'Ui.ity, but n;b ·hhe end· of the trit)J. -the a.ppellant was found C'Uilty o.a oho.rcecl G.ll.(L WD,S aentemed tQ n tero at thirty years' inprisonncnt~ .... Sllidi So.lw:i vk1S ::,Orjui t-tJclo Tho 0,ppollUTli now snyo ·bh::1t tho ovidonco ldd . in. :~ho . sco.1o :::.:.:;'.·i.nst hir.1 d:.d { no·~ r,uthoriso thu lonrnod trial · n.."1Gitl(1;i ';0 finc.l hin c;uiltyo :it wo..'J not disput )d a.t t~:ii, ti"ir.l t'..10.t on or c.bout tho 13th March, ·1993, two d:i.st;:'..lO'~ ::·ohbcricG w 1:'O po::,o·~ra.·bocl in Ilo.ln, dio·~rtot, one at f,.i11yorezi nncl ·'.;Lu otl1or nt Bt'. LU'l:.J.U. With rog.,rd to tho foraor robbc17, ~h~~t iG 1 tho llir:.y0rczi robbor; .. J it wns t\o prooocution t13 Oc.'3c _'.;hat; Salcho llbwni.10. wno :ro1 ::; ·,,1. of tl:o a.rtirJlco nc:T'.iioncd in the po.rticu.lC\roL<:>ffcnoc · L of horcinboforc cf.:.CJtodo To iophco.fo -~ho 2,ppolic.nt in tha-i; crioo J tho prosecution n/ '.uood evidence f"ron a~lly -a/o Dilungn, tho o..ppcllnnt 'a oo-c.ocuscd w1.u.o, ns will be r ,-.:c.llcd, 1-m.s corrvictocl upon his own plea of 11guilty 11 o Wit'1 c;rcnt rcspo::i·c to bot~: t:.:o lo::rnod trfol mgistr::1to ond the ►- prosecutor, A~.ly o/o Dilungo. c.1id no-:; co11foso to po.rticip~·a11g in tho ro1Jbory porpotrctocl a.JG

Kinyorozi, hio confosoion wo.s ·i;hct ::.o wo.s o. p2.r-Gy ·1;o o. rc~Jbory oon".1Htod .::i.t ::Jq:;·.:1';.:.ni. ':::'ho two robbcrioO wcro, nJ3 nlronc'.y_,Jndic.:::.tod, d.ist_:i.J'K}t Mc\ sopz::-2:~o. It is n ottor oi' sienificanco u ...;(~ . ·th-:rt.iin • otatoucnt of inc.ts given bj: -~~:i.o pr<?so01.~tor,. fol:_lowi.J.lg o. plea of tJg'l.lil ~y" being ?_nto:rocl by -~ho loL-,,rnoc"L :.1::JiSJG:r,~_to, ·tho;c woa ~q, ;allegation, o,i.l'Cot or otho~oo, -~~i..:.:·b .1~~1.>1'-~Dih-::1.:;2. w-:-.s '-no one of tho parties to the t:~o l'OiJbo:r;y ~ -f~ecl ~ l.'AAo,:cy p0.:r:-potrntod a:li I'.:inyorod, mttor • of. t!1c olinrgo ·.prof'crrcd ::-.f,'nir.ts•:; ·be a.pr1ellant nncl bid ' c ~ Q d • ~Ul.Jr•;Dilt ·a.to :Oft::to.cmit • to tho polico, wb.-ioh: WQ.O 11p:r~odt n:a on ~ b i t by tho prosecutor w!J.011 011.tli1u:1i:/ tho ·fo.ctc of tho O~Q, \o~V'os nq. doubt :wlv1tooovo:r t::1 J~. ·tho 1..;b'.Jory -~ho .·.00UJJ0d· intonclcd '-to p\o:::.d Q,lilty. · of 'WM th2:t c.or.10ittod ot. ~'in.i... -In -~~l'~ course o:( tho a·l;2.tcj:"'..Ont the aocuaocl ac.1.d,- iu · SwchiJ.i a \ ' •. ·1 13/~/C9 ~ 1e:::.r:t s.A.t. '19.00 zt:. ·.~:sr:rn, ~·:.::n 1:n:;r 1TILDCQ1i'.!i. . HY'Ol,'IDIJ·TI HIICTTT..'.. K'.. :i.~D"JCfJ Z!JJ'JU • n:.: SIICTr ~ -r.tn:rr sirroo1;ro1c'.. ~ ~;·_:i~:.:s:... ·n.1 nM.rno :ci ~:.R-:-Jm 14/;/09 rrrm: SIJ:. u,.·.:::.r ICTJJJ'IK:~ TIUKO J.'. ,, .- ,, :;••1 • ' . :_. • :t~

qn,n;.'1o;t bq cliopu·i;od thJ.t whc-.t I 1;.-vo S,::!.id olo2rly do::~pfi,;~ntoa thnl.; i ti-..o-- idarnod n~:i..st:r~to O»I'Qcl :il.1 c~:Lio·bi:13 All; llilungc! of th~. .•.• -- ' 1 .• . • ::5:,3?}';~ ~or:ipittpc\ ?t I>ioy~~~i ,:!~on -~lw ):•ob"b~fY 2::,.Jl'. l.q.. ~~~~---... - o.~~s~u,:; to h':.~o 00:-JDi:i:itc~cl _"!?-° ·c::.G C-110 wl:.ioh he_ vi:q,;;; ,1wt ~lnrgc._4- , • 'lilr~t n?,ooly,i .,t... ,J.., -cl}o.,:r;;u9]ffl"'J' aor.1Lti:~t9C.. c.·~ J u ~ . ..~_•.... ..... • .. lo .., 1 ~, -· ... _".;,·_ ....... I·~-i.fJ t,nj~·b ;to convio:t; q. porou:1 qJ .a·cri::io ho die'. n0t o~t,· ., , l' ;,rqp. ... .i/- •iil::-'.t :;)or:-JGn ~OS 'l.'!.tto:roc1 wo~~ · w'-1io1l nro taken. by ~ ,Co -· thQPJtU1. . ,.,,· .... ~ ~a.r¥3ti.tt\t,.., o.. plo~ .o.f_. g~~Y,r,.,... ..:- ,. - 3 .. bho injustice which Ally Dilungc.. hr:'.JJ 1Joon subjcct9d "co by tho 'cn,or into \"which tho lca!'nod Dogis"i:irnto ot:rnyocl dcr.1onstrat0s; I think, tho ioportanco f:s! tho Jl~cd for a r.ui.gistrato to so;i:;isfy hir:solf not only that tho f aPt--t~d '1~of ore Ho ho.s plca,c1e,l gt.ti.Hy but n.lso th2.t the accuaod has d.0110 so with sufficient knowlo:.go ru1cl tu1.dorstancling. The m:igistrate ol1ot.ild, where noce::mn.ry~ qu0 □ t~ .m -~!10 o.,ccusccl with ~ view to discovering if' he knows thr- Da.ttcro ho is · ;clL::i.11g a,1Jout. A oogistra.to should never forgot that n. p .02. of guilty r:-:zy- 1 fox

miy one of a vn.rioty of 1 ronsons, be wrc:1p.- :- ~ 110 """ · r· • t 0 o,:, fn.ls c • 1-n1on convicting an aPcus od porsont whothe:r.> upon a 1,lort of s, .. ~ ·.J ,Jr not; he s:~onlc1 satisfy hiosolf' that "G thoro is no roo.sonablo ·louM tho..t tho. aocusod is guilty, both in f2.0t a.nd in la.w, of tb . offence in qt·.oG~ion. Ii' 7 in the i11stnnt oo.sc, the lcan10d neg-is·:; rat c hod so c1i l'octcd. him elf'; ho Wvuld not hn.vo treatod Ally s/o Dilt,::ign,ts ploo. as a plea. of gttllty., (lb.being asked whether tho foots givon by the prosecutor ( in which thoro wci8 nc.... cv'on n. shadow of ;;..llo3"c.:!iio11 toot tho acoi1Scd wa.s one of the robbers) wore correct tho acotmed Dc:do rofo:ronco to i:i, spoti.r otab -wound-----.._ ho st1.Stnincd frurJ tho hn.ncl.D of tho vic-~irJ while corn:li tting tho robbery he wns a pa.rty too Thio sk.for.1onJi:; o?.1ould have convoyed a ocso.ogc to tho prosectnor tho.-t tho :;:oobbcry tho c.;JCt1.Sod was n.J.1uding to ~ tho ono pcrpotrn.tod at Tiugu1. un~-~ bocnuoc, 2.000:uing, to 1 thee ovidonoo tho imrcotigc.tion tcan had colloctedj 110 1:1,"i;"tetck on tho :robboro w.a attoopte(l dl..".ring t.'10 Iili-iyorozi robbo1y o Ih r.w opinion 1 tho ovidonoo l::,id in tho sen.lo ngninst the q,ppollUQ.t ill tlu.s cc.so wn.o insUlfi.ficient to jt:.::rcity finding hio guilty ot the o:N'onco ho wnG ch,':'.rgod wit::.. ..woo~lingly, the

n.ppollD.l'.lJG rs conviction \8 gt.1.013had a.nd tho sontonco iopoood -~I:c::coon io oot Q.Gideo Unlooa ho io o·thonri.so lo:wf'ully held in cwtody -~ho i?..ppcllo.nt be set at liberty forthwith. I hn:-ve, I hope,· ov.ffioion-~ly axplcined why tho conviction of Ally Dil~c. for the robbery porpot~a:~od 2.t Kinyorozi cnnnot in ln.w bQ oupportod. Exc:roiaing r.v revi.oiona.l powo:ro 1 I qu.:!.Bh thnt conviotion ru,1d soJG noido ·tho aontooe ir:rpooocl -~;~oroo11 0 Unloso hi □ peroontl froodoo is otherwise lmr.ru.11.y aoocJ.ilad 1 tho <.1.0ct.1ncd be rolcusod froo oua·tody forthwith., For the 1:1,voic~1cc of doubt, it Dust be pointgd out thc.t tho proa.ooi,rtion arc nt libcl'ty in lc1,w to cb."J.rge tho ~ t:JXJ.4/ or th_c o.p:pcllont wi tb. th.o robl:><uzy- c.llcgodly c · l'/G ~~~"\f --- B. • · Tl'A . JAJI 1aomozr ~livered this 30th do..y of' Dccor:ibc:r, 1993, in tho pro2cnoo ot the a,ppo.lla.nt and Nios Ko.huto., oounool for t!J.o Republic. B. k. SIDMTTA .

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