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The prosecution failed to discharge its burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt due to insufficient medical and oral evidence; conviction and sentence cannot stand.
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The High Court allowed the appeal against convictions for stealing by servant, finding reasonable doubt because others also had access to the store.
Serious doubts regarding the date of offence and identity of the accused, as well as the victim's failure to identify the appellant, render the prosecution case unproven beyond reasonable doubt.
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The High Court quashed Sufian Hussein’s cattle-theft conviction, finding contradictions, a date variance, and insufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
The High Court dismissed the prosecution’s appeal and upheld the respondent’s acquittal for threatening with violence, finding reasonable doubt arising from alleged business grudges.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal for unlawful possession of a firearm, quashed the conviction, and set aside a five-year sentence for lack of conclusive proof.
The High Court dismissed the prosecution’s second appeal, upholding Christopher Mbenga’s acquittal for theft because the evidence did not prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a criminal appeal, holding that the appellant’s alibi did not raise a reasonable doubt and was not credible.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal and upheld acquittals, holding that contradictions and weak witness evidence left reasonable doubt.
The conviction was quashed because the prosecution failed to call the houseboy, whose evidence was central, and the remaining evidence (conduct and alleged confession) was too weak to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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