REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MERU MISCELLENIOUS CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 28 OF 2017 JOHN MARETE........................APPLICANT VERSUS REPUBLIC............................RESPONDENT RULING I have considered the application and the grounds thereof. I note that the Applicant had been promised by his relatives that they will lodge an appeal on his behalf which never came to pass. I am aware that there has been a terrible delay of three (3) years in bringing the current application. However, I note that the State is not opposed to the Applicant getting a second chance in having his case considered. Further, the nature of the sentence (life) warrant the Applicant being accorded a second chance. Accordingly, I allow the application as prayed. Let the Petition of Appeal be served upon the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) forthwith as it is deemed as filed within time. A criminal case file be for the Applicant’s Appeal and this file be closed. DATED at MERU this 18TH day of MAY, 2017. A. MABEYA JUDGE 18/05/2017
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