any form. On the part of the 2nd convict, the record has shown he is a civil servant, and he has an aged mother and the sole child of the mother. The wife of the 2nd convict is under medical care and she just lost her seven months pregnancy. The 2nd convict will also undertake to maintain good conduct and not to associate with any bad conduct that will result into crime. The 2nd convict has never committed any crime or convicted in the past. He is a first offender. The relevant laws in which the convicts were charged conferred wide discretionary powers on the Court. I apply that the Court suspend the punishment of the convicts as they are first offenders. In the alternative such fines as are reasonable to imposed. Akponimisingha::- In response i refer to section 312 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 does not apply. From our record we do not have previous records of conviction. However the 1st convict in his testimonies in exhibits 6 and 6(a) that the 2nd convict took him on bail and i urge the Court to take into account section 416 Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. COURT SENTENCE In passing the sentence on the convicts, i take into account the passionate plea of the learned Counsel on behalf of the convicts that they are first offenders and that they have never been 53