msuya mjanja vs republic 2019 tzca 15 26 february 2019
The charge sheet was incurably defective for failing to reference the correct section of the Penal Code and omitting the punishment provision, thereby vitiating the trial and appellate proceedings.
- Citation
- msuya mjanja vs republic 2019 tzca 15 26 february 2019
- Parties
- Appellant: Msuya Mjanja; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 26 February 2019
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Second Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Defective Charge Sheet, Rape, Procedural Compliance
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Msuya Mjanja
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Second Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the charge sheet was incurably defective
- 2 Whether the trial and appellate proceedings were vitiated by the defective charge
Ratio Decidendi
The charge sheet was incurably defective for failing to reference the correct section of the Penal Code and omitting the punishment provision, thereby vitiating the trial and appellate proceedings.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- Entire proceedings of the trial and first appellate court quashed
- Appellant to be released from prison custody forthwith unless held for other lawful cause
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