Tanzania Case Law

mwita marwa abdallah vs republic 2023 tzca 17349 13 june 2023

Court

TZCA

The identification evidence of the appellant by the victim was insufficient and not unique, failing to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant was the real culprit. The prosecution did not discharge its burden, and suspicion alone cannot sustain conviction.

Source excerpt

• Statutory rape
• Identification evidence
• Burden of proof
• Evidence of tender age witnesses

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msafiri sidoni vs republic 2001 tzhc 46 24 july 2001

Court

TZHC

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashing convictions for rape and threatening with violence due to defective charges, procedural irregularities, and unreliable evidence.

• Rape
• Threatening with violence
• Procedural irregularities
• Defective charge
• Evidence of tender age witnesses
• Criminal-appeal

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