Benjamin Wambu James & 2 others v Principal Magistrate, Kangundo & 4 others [2015] KEHC 3103 (KLR)
- Court
- High Court of Kenya
- Case number
- 3103
- Citation
- [2015] KEHC 3103 (KLR)
- Decided
- 28 July 2015
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TypeMiscellaneous ApplicationPostureApplication for prohibition and certiorariCoramL.N. MUTENDE
Holding
The application is dismissed with costs to the respondents and interested parties.
Facts
The applicants were appointed as personal representatives of the estate of Paul Muthiani Musau, deceased. They were charged with making a document without authority or forgery in Criminal Case No. 49 of 2013. The subsequent order annulling the grant was not criminalizing the act done by the applicants.
Issues
- Whether the arrest and detention of the applicants were illegal and unconstitutional.
- Whether the subsequent order annulling the grant criminalized the act done by the applicants.
- Whether the respondents ignored the provisions of the constitution when they arrested the applicants and arraigned them in court.
Reasoning
The court found that the arrest and detention of the applicants were not illegal and unconstitutional. The subsequent order annulling the grant was not criminalizing the act done by the applicants. The respondents did not ignore the provisions of the constitution when they arrested the applicants and arraigned them in court.
Outcome
Application dismissed
Orders
- The application for prohibition to issue prohibiting the Senior Principal Magistrate at Kangundo Law Courts from hearing or proceeding with the hearing and/or determination /disposal of Criminal Case No. 49 of 2013 – Republic versus Benjamin Wambua James; Joseph Kawinzi Muthiani and Anthony Musau Muthusi is dismissed.
- The application for order of certiorari to remove to this court to be quashed the proceedings together with any/all decisions made in the case is dismissed.
Authorities cited
Cases cited (1)
- George Joshua Okungu and another vs Chief Magistrate’s Court – Anti-corruption court at Nairobi and another (2014) eKLR
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