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Republic v Tabitha Kangaria Kiondo & another [2021] KEHC 5897 (KLR)

[2021] KEHC 5897 (KLR) High Court of Kenya
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Court
High Court of Kenya
Case number
5897
Citation
[2021] KEHC 5897 (KLR)
Decided
24 June 2021
AI Summary Beta Machine-generated — may contain errors. Not legal advice.
TypeCriminalPostureProsecution seeks to determine if there is a prima facie case against the accused.CoramL.W. GITARI
Holding

The court finds that the prosecution has established a prima facie case to warrant the accused to be placed on their defence.

Facts

The accused were charged with murder, and the prosecution called seven witnesses to support the charge.

Issues

  1. Whether the prosecution has made out a prima facie case against the accused.
  2. Whether the accused has a case to answer.

Reasoning

The court considered the evidence and found that it is sufficient to call the accused to answer the charge.

Outcome

The court finds that the accused have a case to answer.

Authorities cited

Legislation (2)
  • Criminal Procedure Code
  • Penal Code
Cases cited (4)
  • Ramanlal Bhatt v. Republic (1957) E.A 332
  • Anthony Njue Njeru v. Republic
  • Robert Nyaga Kiura v. Republic (2018) eKLR
  • Festo Wandera Mukando v. Republic (1980) KLR 103
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