All templatesREPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI
CRIMINAL DIVISION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. ......... OF 2026
(CORAM: HON. JUDGE)
*(Originating from Nairobi Chief Magistrate's Court Criminal Case No. 892 of 2025)*
BETWEEN
DAVID OTIENO OCHIENG ................................................................ APPELLANT
AND
REPUBLIC ................................................................ RESPONDENT
PETITION OF APPEAL
*(Under Section 350 of the Criminal Procedure Code, Cap 75 Laws of Kenya)*
The Appellant, DAVID OTIENO OCHIENG, appeals to this Honourable Court against both the conviction and sentence passed against him on 15 August 2026 by the Chief Magistrate at Nairobi (Hon. S. Cherono, PM) on the following grounds:
GROUNDS OF APPEAL
1. MISDIRECTION ON EVIDENCE: The learned Trial Magistrate erred in law and in fact by convicting the Appellant on contradictory, uncorroborated, and unverified evidence of a single identification witness in difficult lighting conditions.
Criminal Practice (CPC)
Petition of Appeal (Criminal Procedure Code s.350) template (Kenya)
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Formal Petition of Appeal against conviction and sentence under Section 350 Criminal Procedure Code.
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