NANA KWARTENG AMANING, JACOB OSEI A.K.A. NANA OSEI KWADWO AND ABENA JUMAA vs. THE REPUBLIC [2012]DLCA8645

NANA KWARTENG AMANING, JACOB OSEI A.K.A. NANA OSEI KWADWO AND ABENA JUMAA vs. TH... [2012]DLCA8645

Date	2012-06-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H2/04/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA8645

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

FRANCIS KORBIEH J.A.

IRENE DANQUAH J.A.

[2012]DLCA8645
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA KWARTENG AMANING, JACOB OSEI A.K.A.
NANA OSEI KWADWO AND ABENA JUMAA<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MARIAMA
OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING), FRANCIS KORBIEH J.A., IRENE DANQUAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Mariama
Owusu, J.A.:&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>On
16-8 2010, the Circuit Court, Kumasi, found the 3 accused persons guilty on the
charges of conspiracy to commit crime, to wit; fraudulent Transactions in Land,
contrary to section 23 of Act 29/60 and section 34 (a) of Act 122/62 of Land
Title Act and making a grant of pieces of land to which you have no Title; contrary
to section 34 (a) of Act 122/62 of Land Title Act.&nbsp; They were found guilty and convicted
accordingly. <o:p></o:p>In
his judgment, the trial High Court Judge who sat as additional High Court Judge
held among other things that:<o:p></o:p>“In view of the pendency of
the case at the Kumasi Traditional Council, the accused knew that they have no
unencumbered land to sell to the public.&nbsp;
The court is of the view that the accused persons conspired to sell the
land and prepared the forged allocation papers and site plan which they all
signed.&nbsp; Pursuant to their design, they
sold lands they knew they had no title to.&nbsp;
The prosecution, in the view of the court, was able to prove the
essentials of both charges which the accused faced.&nbsp; I find all the accused persons guilty
on
both counts and convict them as charged.<o:p></o:p>SENTENCE:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In sentencing the accused, I take
note of the roles played by each in the commission of the crime.&nbsp; A1 apparently was the ringleader who
masterminded everything.&nbsp; He contacted
PW5 and PW6 and actually sold the land to them.&nbsp;
A2 and A3 facilitated the crime by aiding and abetting the Acts of
A1.&nbsp; They also actively played roles by
executing the allocation notes with designations they did not have.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From the
above considerations, I decided to give A1 a higher punishment than the
others.&nbsp; Punishment must always be
commensurate with the acts of the accused.<o:p></o:p>COUNT
1:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each accused is</main>