19770714 TZHC Dodoma 1

19770714 TZHC Dodoma 1

Appellant's act of offering money to a police officer as inducement to forbear charging his father constituted an offence under section 3(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1971; conviction and minimum sentence were proper.

Citation
19770714 TZHC Dodoma 1
Parties
Appellant: Lufingo Katoto Msinga; Respondent: The Republic
Court
TZHC
Jurisdiction
Tanzania
Judgment Date
14 July 1977
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
Outcome
appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Corruption, Sentencing, Appeal
Source Language
English

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Parties

Lufingo Katoto Msinga

Appellant

The Republic

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the appellant's act constituted an offence under section 3(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1971
  2. 2 Whether there was a basis for charging the appellant's father with receiving stolen property
  3. 3 Whether the conviction and sentence were proper

Ratio Decidendi

Appellant's act of offering money to a police officer as inducement to forbear charging his father constituted an offence under section 3(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1971; conviction and minimum sentence were proper.

Court Disposition

appeal dismissed

Orders

  • conviction and sentence affirmed