MUSAH BUHARI vs. THE REPUBLIC [2017]DLHC8177

Date	2017-06-20
Suit No.	COURT CASE NO. D15/04/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC8177

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

ISSAHAKU TAHIDU LAWAL FOR THE APPELLANT

GEORGE KPODO CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY WITH EMMANUEL OTOO

BOISON SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY

FOR THE REPUBLIC

[2017]DLHC8177
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MUSAH BUHARI<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT,
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COURT
CASE NO. D15/04/2017&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; &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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
20TH JUNE, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ISSAHAKU
TAHIDU LAWAL FOR THE APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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&nbsp;GEORGE KPODO, CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY WITH
EMMANUEL OTOO BOISON, SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY, FOR THE REPUBLIC <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

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</div>This
is appeal from the judgment of&nbsp; Navrongo
District Court presided by Her Worship Comfort A. Apalayine.&nbsp; The judgment was delivered on 14th
July, 2016.&nbsp; In the court below, the
appellant, one Musah Buhari, a young man of 23 years old was charged on three
counts as follows:<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
COUNT ONE<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;CAUSING UNLAWFUL DAMAGE:- Contrary to section
172 of Act 29/60<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>BUHARI
MUSAH: Carpenter:- On the 10th day of January, 2016 at
Namolo/Navrongo in the Upper East Region and within the jurisdiction of this
court, you intentionally and unlawfully caused damage to padlock and inches
(sic) value GHø100.0, the property of&nbsp;
Ghana Education Service (G.E.S).<o:p></o:p>COUNT
TWO<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>UNLAWFUL
ENTRY:- Contrary to section 152 of Act 29/60<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>BUHARI MUSAH: Aged 23; Carpenter:- On the 10th
day of January, 2016, at Namolo/Navrongo in the Upper East Region and within
the jurisdiction&nbsp; of this court, you
unlawfully entered a store room belonging to Ghana Education Service (G.E.S)
with intent to commit crime to wit: stealing.<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
COUNT THREE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;STATEMENT OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>STEALING:- Contrary to section 124 (1) of the
Criminal Code 1960 of Act 29/60 as amended by paragraph 4 of NLCD 398 of 1969.<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>BUHARI MUSAH: Aged 23; Carpenter:-&nbsp; On the 10th day of January, 2016
at Namolo/Navrongo in the Upper East Region and within the jurisdiction of this
court, you stole two (2) deep freezers value GHø6,000.00, the property of Ghana
Education Service (G.E.S)<o:p></o:p>He
pleaded not guilty to all the charges, but at the end of the trial, the lower court
held that prosecution had succeeded in proving the charges against him. He was
thus convicted on all the three counts and sentenced to various fines to run
concurrently. &nbsp;The highest was on count
three where he was fined seventy five penalty units, in default to serve a term
of two years in prison.&nbsp; He was also
ordered to pay an amount of GH¢7,500.00 to the
complainant to offset the cost of the stolen fridges and for replacement of a
damaged lock and hinges as in count one. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Normally, it was within the discretion of the
court to make such an order of compensation, though it is not a rule that in
all criminal trials, compensation orders are a matter of natural sequence.&nbsp; The predisposition of the Navrongo District
Court to regularly make such orders has come to m</main>