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High Court of Tanzania

This is the second level in the Judiciary justice delivery hierarchy. It has both appellate and original powers on civil and criminal matters. It also hears appeals from the Courts of Resident Magistrate, the District Courts, and the District Land and Housing Tribunals in exercise of their original, appellate and/or revisional jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into Zones and specialized Divisions.

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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004

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Citation	Judgment date
October 2021
Bahati Anyandwile vs. The Republic (Criminal Appeal no. 101 of 2022) [2021] TZHC 12807 (31 October 2021) Child-witness promise under s.127(2) sufficed; appellate re-evaluation upheld convictions; unnotified alibi accorded no weight. Criminal law – sexual offences – reception of evidence of a child of tender age under s.127(2) Evidence Act; appellate duty to re-evaluate defence where trial court omitted to consider it; proof of rape established by victim’s testimony corroborated by medical and parental evidence; alibi not notified under s.194 CPA entitled to no weight.	31 October 2021

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October 2021

Bahati Anyandwile vs. The Republic (Criminal Appeal no. 101 of 2022) [2021] TZHC 12807 (31 October 2021)

Child-witness promise under s.127(2) sufficed; appellate re-evaluation upheld convictions; unnotified alibi accorded no weight.

Criminal law – sexual offences – reception of evidence of a child of tender age under s.127(2) Evidence Act; appellate duty to re-evaluate defence where trial court omitted to consider it; proof of rape established by victim’s testimony corroborated by medical and parental evidence; alibi not notified under s.194 CPA entitled to no weight.

31 October 2021