19830131 TZHC Tanga1

Alc 'A•

IN THE HIGH COEJRT OP TARZANIA

AT TANGA • ALIT 3tJRISDICTION I •" ':):3!.I• CIMIN.AIj. APPEAL Nd. '79 OF 1980 (originaioriminal Cse 'No. 191 of 1979 of the (District Court of lushoto District 'at Lushoto • éf ore: p 1 Z Kaga1i. Esq, District Magistrate .• JSj . HAjIALjMA. ............. APpELLANT (orig . Accused) Versus - THE REIJBrIC....... (Orig.' Proecutor) '.'i• CHARGE; Rape o/s 130 and 131 of the Penal Code • •. Cap. 16 Vo1.3. of the RevisédIws" JIJDGE,MENT Sisya J:1.' - 5 The ape1.1ant and two others .who have not app1e4. were; jointly charged with and convjcted.of Rape contrary, to' sèctithis' 130 and 131 of t1,., Penal Code. They were each sentenced to five ' years im&ivonment and four strokes of corpora]. punishment. ' -'5 - ')''' '• - t. ,±., - ije - ic, 'VOLU.11UUJ..Ofl, by .__ s '-'QUr. 'S A .._. ._ Jtgrvww-w1e upi.uulf - - -- ,._, -, ;• .L'.•. is now dfeain to this Court The appeal is against both conviction .nd sentence The riñc.inal - witnesst ' in C ''-- -- • the. case was undoubtedly, rI- -- _ '''- . • the VS - - 'f_f'; complainant herself, one"Zaka1i /o Sa]ehe (pwj), a 9teeiear old 1aSs She stated in her evidence that in the dead night of 4th November, 19791 she was accosted by the appellant While 8he- together with her two friends one of whom (pW5) gave evidence in the cases was on her way back home from a ngo&' Party. The appellant was accompanied by his co..aooused in the trial: These

appeared as - . 4 / 2 seoond and third aecu&ed He got hold of her and told her to accompany him to his home She turned down the proposal whereupQn the appellant told her that he Was taking her along with him in any event s tJp hearing this the other two girls, one of whom was PW5 1 got scared and fled: They left the complainant behind in the firm grip of the companions appeuant Thereafter 1 the appellant's moved in,' The second accused got hold of her other hand whereas the third accused took position behind her, In. a clear spizit of togetheniess the appellat n4 second accused began to pull, whereas the third accused pushed. he. up14l1,. and in the bush She t•ried.Lto cry for help but her voice was niitfled by the appeliant ThecOn1jnantto].d the Court that when they reached the hill top the appellant removed her underwear and the three persons, i 0 e. the appellant, th':ecord'andthi'daccused, took turns in being *timato with her the appellant being the first to do So While one of the three pers.qns was satisfying his lust the others held the complainants hthds arid legs to the ground. Thereafter, the appellant and his companions took her- to- -another"place, about mile away. While there each one of them rvished her twice Eventually the complainant was abandonéd in the small hours and in the .bush She sustai±iedirijiirjes in the assault and her dress Was torn She

1 nevertheless, pulled herself together and walked to the nearest village where' she reported the xmtter to a militiamari (pW2) and the village chairman (PW3) These village aithorities referred the matter to thez Police who then sent the complainant to Lushoto Governmeni Hospital with a pF 3 (Exhibit "B") and finally- arrested the appellant and his co—accused and charged them accordingly In his statement upon affirmation in his own defence the appellant stated -that he was 1 actually 1 betrothed to the complainant. The two of them agreed to marry on 3/11/79 On the material 3 4._ ni€bt et q pe anoo sud IAPTU iiet Dqq. no .txvtrttYCdmoo et. oq. tovoxdd o;equvuTtdmoo etq oq uMomi sum qutltaddu et. vqq'p.xoo3xuo.00uepTAo et no qnopotx eq uto j91 •OrLx. s £ios sTtT d0oo o. .at; TtT.X. petLIteT et. 9,noqo 9UTuTuTdmoo o8 .tt sT ejj 'ttT.X et .t poiX.XtU et tom &04.8 eoUeOp sTt TdwTS sc OH 'MOU uiuvostI i.ou seo:p .tiieddt e tteddt jo oted sçtu eouepTAe epuedeptzT .xeto q @qaoddns SVM aótzepçA iet punoj s - q. oq. uoçppt UI truq. ;c seuTM t st pedeoota Iscvw tc.zq- peuxtet et. uewpn peUôstJ st UI -EuT.aal. -Om 9X4 no pasnoot prçT4 put puooes tp 9 UM ot pepeoTlOo OH stVtJOTXi u -tppeM estioxnd oq. oqmolq qv stmu.sum ;Eastatt4 OT. UetM sum q.1014 , puv uo144s eOTtO eT. -t .TTtTdUtO3 t pepOT put queM Ott quttrfltdwooetq. StM ttj. po.t4s .utTToddttn. peuOT.selTh uetj urtt pe.sexxt put itto

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