by azizi.kamarudjaman | Nov 8, 2018 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam
[ Sentence – 3 years proper starting point for s.451 housebreaking with intent to commit theft. No discount following conviction after trial] MOHAMMAD BIN YUSOF v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR COACM/14/2018 Decision date: 8 Nov...
by azizi.kamarudjaman | Nov 7, 2018 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam
[Sentence – 3 offences of housebreaking by night contrary to s.457 of the Penal Code. Valuable property stolen – 4 years and 2 strokes not manifestly excessive following pleas of guilty] MOHD AZWAN BIN IBRAHIM v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR COACM/37/2018 Decision date: 7 Nov...
by azizi.kamarudjaman | Nov 1, 2018 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Granted, Judgment
[Sentence-party to the forgery and use of 8 cheques, to a total value of $37,779, over a period of about 3 months, contrary to s.471 of the Penal Code, Cap. 22. Otherwise appropriate sentences of 24 months’ imprisonment on each charge, discounted by 3 months’...
by azizi.kamarudjaman | May 12, 2018 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam
[Issue concerning Beneficial ownership of land – whether the beneficial ownership had passed to the registered owner. Purely a question of fact decided by the judge on oral evidence and the absence of contemporaneous record. Appeal purely on fact dismissed.] KOH HAN...
by azizi.kamarudjaman | May 12, 2018 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam
INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM & 24 OTHERS v RAMESH JIWATRAM BHAWNANI ABDUL HAMID BIN ABAS COACV/5/2018 Decision date: 12 May...
by azizi.kamarudjaman | May 10, 2018 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Dismissed, Judgment
[Appeal against conviction and sentence – s.377 Penal Code CAP 22 Carnal Knowledge against law of nature – s.354 Penal Code CAP 22 outraging modesty – Total sentence of 7 years and 3 strokes upheld – Convictions upheld on application of proviso s.415(2) Criminal...
