19771124 TZHC Dodoma1

.,. IN '.I'HE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA

AT DODOMA AP~ELLANT JURISDICTION CRIMINAL AF-PE,'\L NO. 189 OF 1977 ORIGINAL CRIMINAL CASE NOo 320 OF 1977 OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF IRING/, B. 6707 P .. C. PAUL RESHABUL'A • " ,0. 0 C, 0 0 e e 0 • o Appcll.::mt (Origin~l Accused) THE REPUBLIC. • 0 0 O O O e ooo•o• ., • Resp on dent (Originnl Prosecutor) Chnrge: Corrupt trans"!ctton with an agent c/s 3(1) .:md 3(u) of the Prevention of corruption Act No., 16 of 1971

JUDGMENT JO,NATHAN, J., The appeal h.1.s little or no merit :md 111,1s ;:,.dmitte:.1 to h·~ :-irin<J only bt~C .use i t w::,s being ur<]ed hy ,en 2.dvoc:i.tc of this court on behalf cf the -..:1ppell.:mt .. It WilS the prosecution case th·:t, the v.pp,·,112.nt, a police· c.-.mst:.ilile, on the relevilnt day solicited un;J · obtaint=d a bribe of shso 200/= ;-md a tin of m,tize from P.W.l so th.:t he might forb,>.ur to arrest an·! t:i.ke the compl::iir-.nt ti;, the Ruuhu Polic,~ Posto There was no Jispute th :t th12 ~~.p~ -~11 ·nt h::i.d be•.;,·:1 posted to th,!t station before be::ing tr,msf,.:?rrcJ to Iringa Police St.:ition :.md th :1t ,J.t the n>.levant time his fnmily w:rn still :1t Runhu· occupyinJ a house in the neiqhbourhood of th::,t of one RAMADHANI, the f-:ti-1 -r of P.W.4 SHIDAo He h;:icl th'-'t Je1y p:cid u visit to his fnmilyo According to P.W.1, P.,W.2 :m.J P.WaS th,.t J,:cy they had travelled from thf..!ir village to Ru.:ih;:i with 7 b~gs of mo.ize as a pres,!nt to their relative RAMADHANI. Th2y <..lid not fin,J him present but his dnughter SJ-lIDA W-.1s pre;sent ,:::,.n:l they duly h-md,:!d vV-i:.!r the maize to h,-!ro The ap;:<=11::mt O.P:!<!::!rs to ho.vo s,.~en th.it hapr•ening ::md h,~ soon th,:-:reafb::r cume en the sc::mr= bein') in civilLm clothes but othf1rwise be!ing known to 1:h<c: w.i.tncssos to b.:: a police officero Then, charging them with

trnnsport:'ng mnize w thout havin<J a pe!rmit, he declared them t,;,, be under arrest .::md w,mted them to accompany him tu the polic,~ posto They said they tried to expl 1in th1:~ maize w,::i.s only c pr8sc:nt to their rel .'..ti ve but hl.! w.:s adamant they shoulc~ follow him. In the end, howevt~r, ht:! hinb=~d he might forb•,,,1.r to :.1rrest them if they gave him shso 120/= and a tin ful of t.h;:i.t m,:lizG, wh,~r,::'!upon P.,W.l <)ave him such sum and :, ·tt;itt~ -'<'1f." ;f!f~_:.:;l,. Th 0: ,t;:p,.:llant then went nway with the money suying he whould preseutly S<!lK1 his youngt:r brotht·T to coll•~ct the m1.ize: o Not •long th,~rt::cifb.)r 1~.is youngc:r br,yth-. r c,:tmP. ,m.1 r2ceived th,:: tin of maize from tht.:;n. Th<1t oiin.r, the witnesS,!S immediately reported the incid2nt cit the poliJe posto The appell ,mt in his unsworn st:1ter,1cnt while ndmi ttin~i to have gune to Ru,3ha th ,1t day fli:itly deni,1.l th,? ch::\rge. Ind2ed,. ... he denL~•.1 ever seeing the prosecution witn2ss,~s th:--t Jay. He wc,uLl however not SU<Jqest any r~i,3son for them tc; s.~2lc falsely to implicate himo Th,.:~y all knew him and as th,.;re h ::.d b on no apparent caus(-J fur the witnesses tu harbour any mc1lice against him, ch"arly the learn,,d resident ino.gistrute came t'~ the corr~,ct c, nclusion when he return1,,d the conviction~ . _ The gjntence h'.Jing the m•inimu'1), th0 app~cil is dismissed in its•entiraty. Dtlliv,,r-,J in op,m c0urt thi'~-- 24th duy of November, 1977 • .'. ·-. Po M. JONATHAN JUDGE. ,{ ( . '.I. ,. .... -~ .... . • I _ .. ... _····~. . t... ~- /' ...: _-. :;.-