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
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant's act constituted an offence under section 3(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1971
- 2 Whether there was a basis for charging the appellant's father with receiving stolen property
- 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
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