The Respondent was arraigned for an offence of misappropriation of property and revenue contrary to section 42 (l)(a) and 61 of the Zanzibar Anti - Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, (No. 1 of 2012) of the Laws of Zanzibar. The Respondent filed to the High Court, under a certificate of urgency, an application against the Director of Public Prosecutions seeking for orders that the trucks used to carry be handed to him. The application was granted. The DPP thereafter lodged a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal arguing that the court failed to give him an opportunity to submit the contents of his preliminary objection.