Ekuttan v Republic (Criminal Revision E185 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 16531 (KLR) (2 December 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 16531 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KISUMU CRIMINAL REVISION E185 OF 2024 RE ABURILI, J DECEMBER 2, 2024 BETWEEN WILSTONE EKUTTAN .......................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original conviction and sentence in Winam Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E246 of 2024) RULING 1. The convict Wilstone Ekuttan was charged with the ofience of assault causing actual bodily harm. He pleaded guilty and after conviction and mitigation considered, he was sentenced to a fine of Kshs.30,000 in default to serve 8 months imprisonment on 18th April 2024. 2. He has already served 7 months and is about to complete sentence on 18th December 2024. 3. In the spirit of prison decongestion, I order that the period served in prison is sufficient punishment. 4. Unless otherwise lawfully held, Wilstone Ekuttan is hereby released forthwith. 5. Signal to issue. File closed. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 2ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024 R. E. ABURILI JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2024/16531/eng@2024-12-02 1
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