Noah Moneria Ole Karrarru v Republic

Karrarru v Republic (Criminal Revision 258 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 12393 (KLR) (15 October 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 12393 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KIBERA CRIMINAL REVISION 258 OF 2024 DR KAVEDZA, J OCTOBER 15, 2024 BETWEEN NOAH MONERIA OLE KARRARRU ................................................. APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. The applicant was charged and after a full trial convicted for the offence of obtaining money by false pretences contrary to section 313 of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to serve three years imprisonment. 2. He has filed the present application seeking revision of sentence. The grounds raised are that he has served a substantial term of his sentence. He is remorseful for the offence committed. He has undergone rehabilitation. He urged the court to revise the sentence of the trial court to a non-custodial sentence. 3. I have considered the application, the grounds in support and the applicable law. From the record of the trial court, the court considered the applicant’s mitigation, the time spent in remand custody and the fact that the applicant was a first offender before sentencing. Having considered the application in its totality. The sentence imposed was also legal in the circumstances of the case. 4. In my view I find no good cause or reason to revise the sentence imposed by the trial court. 5. The application dismissed for lacking in merit. Orders accordingly. RULING DATED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY THIS 15TH OCTOBER 2024 ______________ D. KAVEDZA https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2024/12393/eng@2024-10-15 1

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