Mohommed Saheed Mohommed Furukhan v. The Hon. Attorney General – 207/2013-2015

In the case between Mohommed Saheed Mohommed Furukhan (Accused-Appellant) and The Hon. Attorney General (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether sentences for multiple counts of rape, committed by the Appellant against his minor sister, should be ordered to run concurrently rather than consecutively. It was held that, while the High Court had imposed consecutive sentences totaling 45 years for the three counts, the sentences should instead run concurrently, each for 18 years of rigorous imprisonment, in light of mitigating factors such as the Appellant’s age, absence of prior convictions, and a prompt guilty plea. The principle reaffirmed is that sentencing should consider mitigating circumstances and the totality principle, ensuring proportionality in the aggregate punishmen