by amir.amirudine | Aug 25, 2020 | High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Sentencing
[Criminal law – Import of not exceeding 19 grammes of methylamphetamine – Appropriate sentence – s.5 of Misuse of Drugs Act] Public Prosecutor v Vincent Soh HCCT/14/2019 Decision date: 25 Aug...
by amir.amirudine | Aug 19, 2020 | High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Sentencing
[Criminal law – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Appropriate sentence – S.304(2) Penal Code] Public Prosecutor v Naje Walley Alemania HCCT/8/2018 Decision date: 19 Aug...
by haziq.nordin | Aug 18, 2020 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Ruling
[Criminal law – stay of execution denied – appeal – no exceptional circumstances or no special reasons – dismissed ] MOHAMMAD NORARIFFIN BIN HAMDAN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HACM/17/2019 Decision date: 18 Aug...
by haziq.nordin | Aug 17, 2020 | Allowed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam
[Criminal law – Drug consumption – Second offender – Mandatory minimum sentence – S.29(3A) of the Misuse of Drugs Act] PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v SALMAN BIN ARSHAD HACM/24/2020 Decision date: 17 Aug...
by amir.amirudine | Aug 13, 2020 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[Criminal law – Driving a car with an expired insurance policy – Mandatory disqualification from driving for 12 months unless there are “special reasons” – S.3(1) of the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act] Mohammad Hamirul bin Hamzaini v Public...
by haziq.nordin | Aug 13, 2020 | Dismissed, High Court of Brunei Darussalam
[Criminal law – Outraging modesty – Unsworn evidence – Corroboration – Sentence] SHAHBAN ALAM v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HACM/4/2020 Decision date: 13 Aug...
