AMOS MUNGAI KARANJA v REPUBLIC [2007] KEHC 1692 (KLR)
- Court
- High Court of Kenya
- Case number
- 1692
- Citation
- [2007] KEHC 1692 (KLR)
- Decided
- 9 March 2007
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TypeCriminal AppealPostureAppeal from conviction and sentence of the Chief Magistrate's CourtCoramL. KIMARU
Holding
The appellant's conviction is quashed and he is acquitted of the charge of robbery with violence.
Facts
The appellant and his co-accused were charged with robbery with violence after allegedly robbing Peris Wanjiku of a Great wall TV and battery. The prosecution's evidence was insufficient, contradictory, and uncorroborated.
Issues
- Insufficiency of evidence to establish the appellant's guilt
- Prosecution's substitution of charges
Reasoning
The prosecution's evidence was insufficient, contradictory, and uncorroborated, and the substitution of charges was improper.
Outcome
Acquittal
Orders
- The appellant is ordered set at liberty forthwith and released from prison unless otherwise lawfully held.
Authorities cited
Legislation (2)
- Section 278 of the Penal Code
- Section 296(1) of the Penal Code
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