In the District Court of Lushoto, the Appellant was
arraigned for arson, contrary to section 319(a) of the Penal Code [Cap 16 R.E.
2002] (the Code). The particulars on the charge sheet were that on the 10th
May, 2016, at Jaegerstal area, within Lushoto District, the Appellant,
willfully and unlawfully, set fire to the house belonging to a certain Francis
Lyamuya.
When the case was called before the trial court for preliminary
hearing, the charge was read over and explained to the Appellant.
In the upshot, the Appellant was found guilty on the facts,
convicted and handed down the statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
He was aggrieved but, on appeal, the High Court found no cause to vary the
conviction and sentence. Still dissatisfied, the Appellant presently seeks to
impugn both verdicts below.