REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MERU MISCELLENIOUS CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 24 OF 2017 MARTIN KIMATHI …………………………………….. APPELLANT VERSUS REPUBLIC ……………………….…………………… RESPONDENT RULING I have considered the application. The same is not opposed. I note that the ground advanced is that the Applicant expected his family to lodge an appeal on his behalf but they failed. The delay has been of three months considering the sentence metted out of 30 years. I consider the application to be meritorious. I allow the same. Let the Petition of Appeal be served upon the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) forthwith and an Appeal file be opened. This file is closed. DATED at MERU this 22ND day of MAY, 2017. A. MABEYA JUDGE 22/05/2017
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