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IN THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA AT MWANZA MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.119 OF 2000 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR BAIL PENDING APPEAL AND IN THE MATTER OF CRIMINAL CASE NO. 112 OF 2000 IN THE DISTRICT COUfcT OF MUSOMA DISTRICT AT MUSOMA ERASTO NKOMORWA ..................................................... APPLICANT V ersus THE REPUBLIC ................... RESPONDENT R U L I N G NCHALIA t J . T h is i s an a p p l i c a t i o n f o r b a i l pending th e h e a rin g and d e te rm in a tio n o f c r im in a l A ppeal No. 112 /2 0 0 0 which the a p p l i ­ c a n t E r a s t o Nkomorwa h as f i l e d to t h i s c o u rt a g a in s t c o n v ic tio n and se n te n c e in o r i g i n a l C rim in al c a s e No. 360/2000 o f Musoma D i s t r i c t c o u rt in which th e a p p lic a n t was ch arged w ith th e o ffe n c e o f d iso b e y in g a la w fu l o rd e r c / s 12^ o f the P e n a l Code, C a p .1 6 . The a p p lic a n t was sen ten ced to 13 months imprisonment w ith out any o p tio n to pay a f i n e . He was d i s s a t i s f i e d v/ith th e e n t ir e d e c is io n o f th e t r i a l su b o rd in a te c o u r t , hence h is a p p e a l to t h i s c o u rt a g a i n s t the whole d e c is io n * Mr. Magongo, le a rn e d a d v o cate ap p eared f o r the a p p lic a n t and arg u ed th e a p p l i c a t i o n , ^e su b m itted th a t a lth o u g h the a p p lic a n t was c o n v ic te d on h is own p le a o f g u i l t y , and th u s th e re would be no a p p e a l in law a g a in s t c o n v ic t io n , y e t th e a p p e a l a g a in s t c o n v i­ c t i o n in t h i s p a r t i c u l a r c a se a r i s e s from th e f a c t th a t the p a r t i c u l a r s o f the ch arge were d e f e c t iv e in th a t th ey m erely a l l e g e d th a t tie la w fu l o rd e r v/as g iv e n by Mr, Nimrod Lugoye w ith out d e s c r ib i n g under what a u th o r ity and o f f i c i a l c a p a c ity the s a i d Mr, Nimrod Lugoye is s u e d the a l l e g e d la v /fu l o r d e r , Mr, Magongo c i t e d th e d e c i s i o n s o f t h i s c o u r t in Lawrence Mpinga v .R . 1983 2 Ib b - . TLR/and A b d a llah Y usufu v , R. 1-976 LRT No, 57 to su p p o rt t h i s p ^ in t, Mr. Magongo fu r th e r su b m itted t h a t th e a p p l i c a n t s a p p e a l h a s overwhelm ing ch an ces o f s u c c e s s ;which f a c t o r amounts to a 1 r e a s o n a b le c a u se e n v isa g e d under s e c t i o n 13 6 8 ( 1 ) ( a ) ( i ) CPA, 85 '' ' -j -- " * * ■ 4 * ’: ..under which t h i s a p p l i c a t i o n h as beeta p r e f e r r e d . On t h i s s i m i l a r p o in t Mr. Magongo c i t e d the d e c is io n in Lawrence M ateso v .R , 1996 TLR 118* Mr, RwabuhangcL, le a rn e d S t a t e A tto rn ey sq u a r e ly conceded to Mr. M agongo*s su b m issio n and“ th e d e c is io n s c i t e d in su p p o rt o f t h i s --•i : '" a p p l i c a t i o n . Mr. Rwabuhanga d id not t h e r e f o r e oppose th e a p p l i c a t i o n . I , to o , am s a t i s f i e d th a t t h i s a p p l i c a t i o n in th e c irc u m sta n c e s h a s su b s ta n c e , I g ra n t i t , I o rd er the a p p lic a n t be r e le a s e d on b a i l on the fo llo w in g c o n d itio n s : (1 ) He sh o u ld ex e c u te a b a i l bond w ortli 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 /= w ith two v s u r e t i e s each in l i k e sum. The s u r e t i e s be approved by th e D i s t r i c t R e g i s t r a r \rt f* * (2 ) The a p p lic a n t sh o u ld su rr e n d e r t o ’ the p o lic e s t a t i o n a t . ... Musoma a l l o r any t r a v e l documents he may have in h is p o s s e s s i o n pending the d e te rm in a tio n o f h i s a p p e a l, ( 3) He sh o u ld r e p o r t once monthly a t Musoma p o lic e s t a t i o n pending th e d efterm in ation o f h i s a p p e a l. (k) He sh o u ld not t r a v e l away from Musoma D i s t r i c t w ith out p r i o r p e rm issio n by the D i s t r i c t M a g is tr a te a t Musoma D i s t r i c t c o u rt ( 5 ) He sh o u ld r e s id e in h i s u s u a l r e s i d e n t i a l p la c e in Musoma D i s t r i c t pen ding the d e te r m in a tio n o f h i s a p p e a l. B a i l i s g ra n te d to th e a p p lic a n t on th e fo r e g o in g c o n d it io n s . O rder a c c o r d in g ly . Sg d : M0D. N c h a lla Ju d g e 1/5/2001 • • ./3 • 2/ 5/ 2001 - /' •' - 1 ' Cora.ni : tM«D'^ N c h a lla , J * F o r Appli_c§nt Mr« Magongo, A dvocate - A bsent - F o r R e p u b lic : Mr, Timon V i t a l i s S t a t e A ttorn ey C „C . B ah at i ' C o u r t: R u lin g ‘d e liv e r e d in c o u rt a t Mwanza, in th e p re se n c e o f v le a r n e d S t a t e A ttorn ey o n ly , t h i s the 2nd d a y . o f May, 2 0 0 1 . (SGD)s MoD.r -NCHALLA' JU D G S-., .AT MV/ANZA 2/ 5/2001 I h ereby c e r t i f y th a t t h i s i s a tr u e copy o f the o r i g i n a l DISTRICT REGISTRAR ‘ MWANZA