Sachdeva Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1978 to 2025; busiest year 2025 (4 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (3); Appeal allowed (2); Affirmed (1); The conviction was quashed. (1)
• Criminal Revision: The court declined to revise the decision of the trial court (1); The trial court's sentence is set aside, and a re-sentencing (1)
• Criminal Case: Not guilty (1)
• Bankruptcy & Winding-Up: The applicants' application is successful, and they must pay (1)
• Civil: Conditional leave to defend granted, defendants ordered to d (1); Interlocutory judgment in favor of the plaintiff for damages (1); Granted (1); The defendant is granted conditional leave to defend the sui (1)

Counts are per published decision as classified by AI; not comparable across courts or years.

Most-cited legislation

• Criminal Procedure Code (4)
• Penal Code (4)
• Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (3)
• Sexual Offences Act, No. 3 of 2006 (3)
• Constitution of Kenya (3)
• Borstal Institutions Act (3)
• Children's Act (3)
• Sexual Offences Act, Act No. 3 of 2006 (2)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from conviction and sentence (6), Appeal Allowed (3), Appeal from a conviction and sentence (2)
• [Divorce] outcomes — Application dismissed: 1/2, Petition dismissed with costs: 1/2
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 5/26, Appeals dismissed: 3/26, Appeal Allowed: 2/26, Appeal against conviction dismissed, appeal against sentence successful: 1/26
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Application dismissed: 1/1
• [Civil] outcomes — The suit is dismissed with costs to the defendants.: 1/5, The court ordered the matter to be reconsidered and the bill of costs to be taxed again.: 1/5, The defendant is ordered to deposit Kshs 48,381.50 in court within 60 days.: 1/5, Motion for certiorari dismissed: 1/5
• [Criminal] outcomes — Conviction affirmed, sentence of imprisonment with the accused held in custody pending further proceedings.: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~12250 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Set the appellant free (1)
• Fines paid and appellants released (1)
• Deposit of Kshs 48,381.50 in court (1)
• Sentences of nine months imprisonment (1)
• Discharge the appellant from custody (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.6
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (11), Criminal Procedure Code (6), Traffic Act (2), Penal Code (Cap 63) (2), Debtors Act, 1869 (1)