Babati. The High Court in Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry has allowed an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and set aside a decision of the Ilala District Court, which had acquitted Mr Nurdini Juma, who was charged with trafficking 314.45 grammes of cannabis.
The court overturned the acquittal and ordered that the case be remitted to the lower court for retrial before a different magistrate, allowing the accused to enter his defence.
In a judgment delivered on Friday, May 29, 2026, Justice Hamidu Mwanga said the trial magistrate erred in law by finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case and acquitting the accused before he was called to enter his defence.
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