Dufa Badada vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No. 74 of 1989) [1990] TZHC 493 (11 December 1990)

IN THE HIGH COURT O:&' TANZANIA fil'.-1~.filJfil!A. APPELLATE JURISDICTION .. HIGH COUR'f CRIMINAL AFFEAL NO.- 74 OF 1989 .;- . .;.,., .. QRI.y]N,AL CRIMIN.Ar.; CASE NO. 151 OF 1988 . . ;_ • . ..... . J OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF BABAT! DISTRICT AT BABA.TI ;BEFOR~ P .E.P • MLAY ESQ. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE DtJE' A . J3.J\DADA · I a e • • o o o o o o e • • • • o • • ~ o • o • o '> o o ,, o o o o •· • • o o t • • o APPELLANT VERSUS THE REPUBLIC • ~ . -r •. •• e •. t • I • 0 0 0 • I e O • • • t e • ~-.· 0 a ~ ,., ♦ 0 Cl I • 8 f e 4 4 • 0 •• RESPONDE:NT h J"UDGEMEN'I' MUNU0 1 :1 • . . Thir.t s ·an - f'l!TA Criminal cas·e No• 17 of 1988 ot a.ng Distric.t Court,. at Ba.,bati. In the s.aid. .case. four oo-&00u$ed ·nely"a-- .1.

1. . Aocus·ed No, 1 Dura Bad.ad.a; '· Accused No.2 Gida.gwara Gidahoida; ' .. •·
2. Accused No.3 Gitigan Gidahoida; and 4 • ; : 'itccused No, 4 Darnbili ubaida, - s , were -jointly charged with the o_ffenc.e· of cattle theft c/s 268 and 265 of the penal code, It is alleged that on the 5.1,85 at bout 01.00 hours at Basuto l/j.11.ag in - District wi ~ ha Region·,. the tour aooused join.ly ,and ,together stole four he valued at she. 10,000/a t}l.e proprty of one Nandoo Tarmo. . T:.e trial court acqui tt~ accused·., No. 3 for want of .. eyidence against him. Ac.cused No.l, 2 and 4 viere oonvici;ed of .. cattle theft as charged thereby being s·.~ntenccd to the ... . . . : . : . / minimutn sentooce of 5 yea:rs imprisonment. The 1st, 2nd and 4th accuscA .. persons Herc.also ordered. to pay shs, 13,400/"' compensation for the unrccov·erocl,cattlc., Only accused no.l Du,fa. Ba.dad.a is appealing against the conviction, sentence and corripe11sation order. Accused No. 2 and 4 have not appealed. It is the story of FW.l Mandoo Tarmo, tho complainant, that on the 5.i •. 85 at night his 30 head of cattle were stolen. 26 of the stolen cattle :r:·eturnod to tho respectiye kraal but four others were not recovered. The four missing •heacl of cattle ~on8is-ted of 2 calves and 2 oxeil• The complainant stated .t.hat, lp-s cattle have a curved ,I• I • brand mark on the right thighs, neck and tail ~or identification. f, .... ' , . ... Accused •••• /2

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• 2 Accused No. l Dufa Bad.ad.a wtts· atrested on th~ 6,1.88 at the Mako ,.. . ·. a.ution when he bought a calf Wh:i.6.h the compla.int identified. ride his 'bred mk. Th ea.fr died la.te~..-bu.t i ta •n.. w&e ;end.O?ed ii. court ~ •• • • I • • bit A. The appellt jumped bid,i' se he did not _givc\u.s' d¢'anoe; he was .. . . ' . . . · . .' .. . convicted and s_entencoo. in a.bsen.tia,. However the rerd is silent <>n whau 'ltke aweiieri,t 1!1:as sre.st.. Hi.: Httlll.w: wit t-P ttti; · Wa.f> ;.mprisoned . on the 21.4 J39 a day aft0r the judgme....;,t was deii ve:red . on the 20,4.-- Th~ appeliant thereafte,:r lodged the presct--ppea.l against his conviotion and stencc,. :··.:- . :·: '. ,. . .. - .. . .·. I • r.1r, DtSouza, learned advocate for the appolla;,.1t submitted that the t:i-ial court erred in law in not fining that the appellant was a bo;l.a. fide l)Ul"Qhaser of the c.alf'".·in-d.is-te -·;t· a cattle auction so ·:lie was not liable for cattle theft, He argued that even if the appelit- ' . . .. · •.. . . . ·. . : .. .-t..:.::.. dofaulted in appearance during the defence, the trial court oU&}lt to · have set aside the ex parte jud0nt ~~er s.iction· 226(2)' of the -- : Criminai:.. Frocccic Act, 1985 thereby abling ,the _a.Ji,ilt to . .. , . . . .• . :-:=: jJ' defend himself, .. ;- .. Mr, Mridunda, loarnod State Attorney did not up:pe,rt the conviction ..... ·:. . ,'l·- .·. against the appel)._ant for tho same reasons as _i;lw defence. ·'- . :·. :: .. The issue. is whether the appellant stole tho _.complnant •s ·4 heads·- . _.., ·.. . ., of cattle Oc-;ing to the fact that the api)ollan:t purchased the 'cif' in-d.ispte·· in a -ctlc ction at Maho from acuscd lfo.2 Gidagw Gi~~oida. foi- ·

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trial court ought not to have convicted the appellant "Qq_ca~sc J>eing · 
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·a. bona fide nurchasor of the calf, he lawfully possess0d it, 
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U~dcr tho 9ir:cumstrui~es · th°e appeal is. aiiow~_d.. Tho court notes 
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that tho appellant, was gr:~t_ed bail" pending app~al on _the 11,10 .. 89 • 
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It is so Ordered. 
At .Arusha this 11.12.1990 • 
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E.N. ntJNUO, 
JUDGE. 
_11.12.1990 
For appellant: Mr~ D 
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So_uza for 
For Rqp11blic; Hr. ~Mdunda, State Attorney. . 
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FMM/ J Jl1 ;.i"\J. MI1NUO, .. ~> : . 
JUDGE. 
11.12.1990.