Tanzania Case Law

paul mtindwa foya vs republic 2022 tzhc 15259 20 may 2022

Court

TZHC

The prosecution failed to prove the charges against the appellant beyond reasonable doubt due to material contradictions between the charge and the evidence, particularly regarding the amount of loss, and procedural irregularities in the prosecution's case. The charge was not amended to align with the evidence, rendering the conviction unsustainable.

Source excerpt

• Stealing by officer of company
• Fraudulent accounting
• Criminal procedure
• Burden of proof
• Variance between charge and evidence
• Judgment drafting

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director of public prosecutions vs abdon pantaleo msafiri 2020 tzhc 177 27 february 2020

Court

TZHC

The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal and upheld the respondent’s acquittal on 123 counts involving stealing by a public servant and accounting offences.

• Stealing by public servant
• False accounting
• Fraudulent accounting
• Standard of proof
• Evidence admissibility
• Criminal-law

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19830902 TZHC Mbeya

Court

TZHC

The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal over a gravel-supply fraud, upheld findings of conspiracy and related offences, and increased two illegal sentences to five years each.

• Conspiracy to defraud
• Fraudulent accounting
• Forgery
• Uttering false document
• Obtaining by false pretences
• Sentencing

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19780719 TZHC Dodoma

Court

TZHC

The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal by a regional accountant convicted of fraudulent accounting and stealing by public servant, upholding five-year imprisonment.

• Fraudulent accounting
• Stealing by public servant
• Banking procedures
• Evidence assessment
• Fraudulent-accounting
• Stealing-by-public-servant

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