Mohamed Ajabu @ Wakijijini vs Republic (DC Criminal Appeal No. 26 of 1996) [1998] TZHC 2473 (10 July 1998)

:;:N 'I'HE hIG,.; COlfRT OF TANAN IA . · r SONGEA (Crii:;incl Crh.: ;1.1 Cv.se Noo2,/94 Of the District C ,urt Tu::riuru Distri-ct at Tunduru) Before: A.N, V:waknjinga, Esq: Prine. Distr.Mag. NO!·:L,!:.::D AJA .. :..; @ HAKIJIJINI • •••• o ••• • APPELLANT Vrs: • • • o • • o • 41 o o ~ o_• • • o o o o o • • RESPONDENT JUDGMENT ·-----. ,-..-. The c.ppell:·.:--i.t fv, .:w.med Ajabu @ Wakijijini was convicted of attempted shop bren.kinc contcry to section 296 (1) of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to five yec:..rs impric~~ment.'lrhere was evidence from the prosecution that the appellant had been '., ,0n digging a hole into a::wr-.11 to let him into the sho • •f which P-Jl \·J'.:'.S .,., :-. t chmc.n. PWl hnd a torch c..nd he flickered it n.t the c.ppell:mt c.nd icbn- .:.:·:iod him though the o.ppellnnt mc..nc..e;ed to run away n.fter being discov~rcd, ;;11 the eviconce age.inst him sufficiently established the charge of ctt0mpt-d breaking prefarred o.gc.inst hi!1}• The l''.agistrate sentenced the 2.ppelb.nt to 5 ~ 0c..rs imprisonment en the grounds thc..t the shop into whih the o.ppellD.nt bed :· ·;;empted to brenk hc.d property worth over 5 million shil_lings the mc.gistrc::.te how··, r misdirected himself to basE: sentence on the above fc.cter. The property wc.s n;t stolen, therefore the v.:~lue could not become an issue in the co.use of sc.-nt :: . 1 .0 .Morcc,ver, there wc:.s only an nttempt· and c.s such there was no justificc..ti ·r; for imposing such a henvy penclty. Tho c.p:v 11 :.:.t wns convict6d in 1994. He might hnve ~crved his ·sentence by now. Howov, .', iri.. th-: Gv,.mt th ... --.t ho ho.s not bcmefittGd from remission his , .. sentGnce: is ·r8,· t.:.c·:~~ to such :m extent ns it will Eunount to his immedio.tc rele- c..se from pri:sc:,. In the end result, appeD.l c.g.::..inst. conviction is dismissed. Appeal o.go.inst s0ntcncc is c.llowed to the extent thc..t it is reduced to the ext,:;nt thc.t it ,,dl:'... result in the immcdfo.te releo.se of the c..ppellc:nt from priS<lll. E.A. :Kileo, J. I certify thc..t this is c. true copy of the original.

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