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Criminal Law-Rape-appellant found guilty of defilement under the Sexual Offences Act -appeal against conviction and sentence-appellant elected to abandon the appeal on conviction - whether the trial magistrate erred in invoking the Sexual Offences Act in convicting and sentencing the appellant where the appellant had been charged for a sexual offence under the Penal Code- section 140 of the Penal Code, section 3 of the first schedule, sexual offences Act

Sentencing- appeal against sentence-factors to be considered when sentencing-where appellant was sentenced to serve 20 years imprisonment- whether the sentence imposed by the trial magistrate was inordinately harsh and severe considering that appellant was an old man aged 67 years and was a first offender-

Criminal Practice & Procedure- evidence e-contradicting evidence-circumstances where witnesses contradict each other in a criminal case-credibility to be attached to such witnesses and their evidence.

Criminal Procedure and Practice-evidence- corroboration of evidence-circumstances where corroboration is essential in criminal cases.

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Criminal Practice and Procedure-appeal-appeal against conviction and sentence-appellant charged with two counts under the Prevention of Corruption Act –the appellant, a police constable, had been accused of soliciting a bribe from a motorist-appeal on the ground that the charge sheet ought to have been signed by some particular officer-further that the driver of the subject motor vehicle was not called as a witness-where the grounds were not sufficiently cogent to displace the standards of proof achieved by the prosecution case-whether the appeal was merited-s.3(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act

 Criminal Law- House breaking and stealing-appeal against conviction and sentence-duty of the first appellate court to subject the entire evidence tendered before the trial court to fresh and exhaustive evaluation-whether there was evidence of house breaking- whether the appeal had merit- section 304 (a) and 279(b) of the Penal Code

Criminal Practice and Procedure-doctrine of recent possession- essence of the doctrine-where the appellant was in recent possession of the stolen power saw so soon after it had been stolen-the assumption was that the appellant  was the thief who broke into the house and stole the power saw- where the appellant offered no explanation-whether this was enough evidence to convict

Criminal Practice and Procedure- Sentence- appeal against sentence- where the appellant was convicted on his own plea of guilty of the offence possession of Bhang-appellant sentenced to 3 years imprisonment-factors to be considered while sentencing-circumstances under which an appellate court will interfere with the sentencing- whether the sentence imposed by the trial magistrate was inordinately harsh and severe considering that the appellant was a first offender and was convicted on his own plea of guilty- section 3(2) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances control Act

Criminal practice and procedure-appeal-appeal against conviction and sentence-the appellants were convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm and sentenced accordingly-grounds of appeal that the conviction was based on inconsistent evidence and that proof-beyond reasonable doubt standard was not achieved-whether the evidence adduced was sufficient to secure a conviction-whether the prosecution proved its case beyond any reasonable doubt-whether the appeal had merit-Penal Code section 251