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IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
AT LABASA
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 4 OF 1998
BETWEEN:
:
MOHAMMED SAHEED
s/o Permal
Appellant
AND:
STATE
Rdent
Appellant in n
Mbr> Ms Laisa Lasa Laveti for the Respondent
JUDGMENT
On 10 November 1997 at Magistrate's Court, Labasa, Moses Fernando Esq. sentenced the appellant on his own plea to 3 months' imprisonment
for the offence of larceny from the person contrary to section 271 of the Penal Code and 6 months' imprisonment on activation of suspended sentence making a total of nine months.
The appeal is against severity of sentence.
The appellant told the Court that he is 20 years old and earns money by fishing. He asks for a reduction in sentence.
The learned State Counsel opposing the appeal said that it was a lenient sentence for a serious offence.
There is no merit in the appeal. This was a serious offence and the sentence was very lenient. The sentence is neither harsh and excessive
nor wrong in principle.
The appeal is therefore dismissed.
D. Pathik
JUDGE
At Labasa
27 April 1998
Haa0004j.98b
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