Ntabo v Republic (Revision Case E143 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 12782 (KLR) (15 October 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 12782 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NYAMIRA REVISION CASE E143 OF 2024 WA OKWANY, J OCTOBER 15, 2024 BETWEEN ISAAC KERIAGO NTABO ..................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original Conviction and Sentence in the Chief Magistrates’ Court at Nyamira, Criminal Case No. E159 of 2021 by Hon. B. Okong’o, Resident Magistrate on 2nd November 2022) RULING 1. The Applicant herein was convicted on two counts of the ofience of cutting down crops of cultivated produce contrary to Section 334 (a) of Penal Code. The trial court sentenced him to pay a fine of Kshs. 100,000/= and to compensate the complainant as they may agree or, in default, to serve 4 years’ imprisonment. The Applicant has now served 1 year and 10 months of his said sentence. The Sentence Review Report filed by Probation Officer Mr. Samwel Chuma on 3rd September 2024 recommends a non-custodial sentence. I therefore direct that the Applicant shall be placed on probation under the Supervision of the Senior Probation Officer at Nyamira, Mr. Samwel Chuma, for the remaining period of his sentence. He is also ordered to report to the Nyamira Probation Office. Orders accordingly. DATED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS ON THIS 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2024. W. A. OKWANY JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2024/12782/eng@2024-10-15 1
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