Simon Kimutai Rotich v Republic High Court, at Kericho February 23, 2004 Musinga Ag J Criminal Appeal No 29 of 2002 The appellant pleaded guilty to two counts of grevious harm contrary to section 234 of the Penal Code and was sentenced to serve four (4) years in jail for each of the counts but the jail terms were run concurrently. He appealed against the sentence saying that it was excessive given that he was a first offender. The state through Mr. Koech opposed the appeal and submitted that the offence with which the appellant was charged carried a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. He therefore urged the Court to uphold the sentence. I have considered the appellant’s mitigation but I am satisfied that the sentence which was handed down to hm is very lenient. I therefore dismiss the appeal.
A note on accuracy. These pages are generated automatically from our AI-written case briefs and have not been checked by a lawyer. Case titles and citations come from Kenya Law; the counts, topics, propositions and “treatment” labels are derived from the briefs and can be incomplete or wrong. Use them as a research aid and always read the original judgment before relying on anything here. This is not legal advice.