IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT MOMBASA
( Coram: Madan, Miller and Potter JJA )
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 20 OF 1981
BETWEEN
ESMAIL K. TUNEJA...............................................................APPELLANT
AND
REPUBLIC........................................................................RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT
Madan JA The appellant was acquitted of the following offence in the District Magistrate’s Court, Mombasa.
“Charge: Carrying on business as a radio dealer without a valid dealer’s licence contrary to Section 5(1) of the Broadcast Receiving (Apparatus) Act Cap 224.
Particulars Of Offence:
Esmail K Tuneja, trading under the firm and style of M/s Salim Motors at Plot No 181/182 Section XXI on Moi Avenue in the Municipality of Mombasa on May 3, 1979 you sold one factory fitted radio in a Datsun 120Y Reg No KQG 773 without a valid dealer’s licence.”
Kneller J, accepted the Republic’s appeal against the magistrate’s verdict, quashed the appellant’s acquittal and remitted the case to the magistrate with …