Case ID:167052

Abdul Rahaman Bakari v Director of Public Prosecution [2020] eKLR

Case Metadata

Case Number:

Petition 140 of 2018

Parties:

Abdul Rahaman Bakari alias Mawazo v Director of Public Prosecution

Date Delivered:

26 Nov 2020

Case Class:

Civil

Court:

High Court at Mombasa

Case Action:

Order

Judge(s):

Eric Kennedy Okumu Ogola

Citation:

Abdul Rahaman Bakari v Director of Public Prosecution [2020] eKLR

Advocates:

Ms. Balongo for the DPP

Court Division:

Criminal

County:

Mombasa

Advocates:

Ms. Balongo for the DPP

Case Outcome:

Petition allowed

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MOMBASA

PETITION NO. 140 OF 2018

ABDUL RAHAMAN BAKARI

Alias

MAWAZO...............PETITIONER

AND

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTION....................RESPONDENT

26/11/2020

Court:

I have considered submissions by all parties. The Petitioner did not injure anybody during robber. He has spent 14 years in jail. I have accepted submissions from the State that the Petitioner should be jailed for the time served. In addition, it is important to decongest prison during this time of Covid-19.

Therefore, the Judgment of the Court is this:

1. Petitioner’s death sentence is hereby replaced with a jail term of 14 years.

2. Since the Petitioner has already served the said 14 years the Petitioner is hereby freed and set free unless lawfully held.

Dated, Signed and Delivered at Mombasa this 26

th

day of November, 2020.

E. K. O. OGOLA

JUDGE

Judgment delivered via video link in the presence of:

Petitioner in person

Ms. Balongo for DPP

Ms. Peris Court Assistant