JUDGMENTS

Criminal Appeal No. 31 of 2020

[Criminal law – Magistrates – Criminal Procedure Code Section 271; Section 284 – Appeal against acquittals – Criminal intimidation – Carrying offensive weapons in public places – Unrepresented accused; Section 220, Criminal Procedure Code, Cap 7; Section 221(5) – Failure to address adverse inference – Failure to take proper advantage of seeing and hearing the witness and to appreciate the weight of the evidence adduced – acquittals not sustainable and unsafe; Section 284(b) Criminal Procedure Code – Acquittals quashed and retrial ordered]

Decision date: 27 Jan 2022
Criminal Trial No. 8 of 2021

[Criminal law – one charge of rape under section 376(2)(b) Penal Code – tender age of 12 years – mild mental retardation – plead guilty – starting point of 30 years – sentence 25 years and 20 strokes of whipping]

Public Prosecutor v Md Shab Ali

HCCT/8/2021

Decision date: 28 Dec 2021
Criminal Appeal No. 15 of 2020

[Criminal Law – 14 charges against offences under section 420, 465 and 471 of Penal Code – pleaded not guilty – convicted and sentenced to a total of 60 months imprisonment – Compensation order under section 382(b) Criminal Procedure Code – in default 18 months to be served on top of 60 months imprisonment – appeal against sentence – allowed – reduced to 54 months – other orders to remain.]

Decision date: 2 Aug 2021

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