The plaintiff was charged with the offence of soliciting and receiving a bribe, contrary to section 3(1) and (3) of the Prevention and Combating Corruption Act of 1971 and was acquitted for want of sufficient evidence. Republic successfully appealed to this court and the plaintiff was convicted and sentenced to serve six (6) years in prison. The plaintiff appealed to the Court of Appeal where his appeal was allowed. After his release from prison, the plaintiff filed this suit claiming that he was maliciously prosecuted and had served three years in prison pending his appeal to the Court of Appeal. He claimed that, as a result of his prosecution, he had lost his employment as a police officer, suffered economically, his reputation deteriorated and the society has lost trust in him and regarded him as a criminal. He claimed to be paid Tshs. 500,000,000/= as general damages.