JUDGMENTS
Criminal Appeal No. 44 of 2020
[Criminal Law – Refusal of Bail by Magistrate – Appeal – no local ties – real risk of absconding – appeal dismissed]
Decision date: 7 Jan 2021
Criminal Trial No. 10 of 2020
[Criminal Law — section 435(1)(c) Penal Code — plead guilty — previous convictions — serious offence — protect society — imprisonment. ]
Date of Sentence: 31 Dec 2020
Criminal Motion No. 48 of 2020
[Criminal Law – possession of cigarettes – pleaded guilty – sentenced – fine – appeal for extension of time to pay fine – leave for appeal out of time – granted – no objection for extension of time to pay fine – appeal allowed]
Date of Judgment: 29 Dec 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 32 of 2020
[Criminal Law — possession of Class A controlled drug — section 6(a) Misuse of Drugs Act — Appeal against sentence — 2nd offender — Fine imposed — Appeal allowed — section 263 of the Criminal Procedure Code invoked]
Decision date: 23 Dec 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 40 of 2020
[Criminal law – Cheating and forgery offences – Sentence – ss.420 and 465 of the Penal Code]
Decision date: 19 Dec 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 38 of 2020
[Criminal law – Theft of car – Receiving stolen property – Theft from house – Sentence – ss.379, 380 and 411 of Penal Code]
Decision date: 7 Dec 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 33 of 2020
[Criminal law – appeal against sentence by prosecution – section 6(b) and section 7 of Misuse of Drugs Act – pleaded guilty to both charges – 2nd offence for 6(b) – fined – appeal allowed – Fine replaced with imprisonment of 3 years]
Decision date: 30 Nov 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 18 of 2020
[Criminal law — section 29(1) Road Traffic Ac, Chapter 68 — careless driving resulting in death of the driver of the other car — fine of $1,000 — Prosecution Appeal — against sentence — appeal allowed — sentence enhanced.]
Decision date: 30 Nov 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 39 of 2020
[Criminal law – Driving a car without insurance coverage – Inconvenience not a “special reason” for not ordering disqualification – Ss 3(1) and 3(2) of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Act.]
Decision date: 25 Nov 2020
Criminal Motion No. 41 of 2020
[Criminal law – Drug consumption – Subsequent offender – Sentence – ss.6(b) and 29(3A) of the Misuse of Drugs Act]
Jaya Bin Hj Abd Ghani v Public Prosecutor
CM/41/2020
Decision date: 23 Nov 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 36 of 2020
[Criminal law– Driving a car without insurance coverage– Inconvenience not a “special reason” for not ordering disqualification– ss.3(1) and 3(2) of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Act.]
Decision date: 17 Nov 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 28 of 2020
[Criminal law– Wearing uniform of a police officer with fraudulent intent– Abetment of criminal breach of trust– Sentence– s.s.171 and 406 of the Penal Code.]
Decision date: 11 Nov 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 26 of 2020
[Criminal law– Outraging modesty– Appropriate sentence– s.354 of the Penal Code]
Decision date: 24 Oct 2020
Criminal Trial No. 24 of 2020
[Criminal law – Sentence – house breaking by night with intent to commit theft – section 457 of the Penal Code – theft of car – section 379 of the Penal Code – guilty pleas]
Decision date: 21 Oct 2020
Criminal Trial No. 49 of 2020
[Criminal law – guilty plea- sentence – section 468 of the Penal Code – section 471 of the Penal Code- forging documents – section 3(1)(b) Criminal Asset Recovery Order- money laundering -section 408 of the Penal Code – criminal breach of trust]
Decision date: 17 Oct 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 22 of 2020
[Criminal law – Publicly exhibiting obscene photographs – Criminal intimidation – Sentence – S.292(3)(a) and S.506 of the Penal Code]
Decision date: 9 Sep 2020
Criminal Trial No. 10 of 2019
[Criminal law – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Appropriate sentence – S.304(2) Penal Code]
Public Prosecutor v Kausar Uddin
HCCT/10/2019
Decision date: 27 Aug 2020
Criminal Motion No. 29 of 2020
[Criminal law – Sentences of imprisonment in default of payment of fines to be consecutive and not concurrent – Backdating sentences]
Aminul Amri Bin Hj Abdullah v Public Prosecutor
CM/29/2020
Decision date: 26 Aug 2020
Criminal Trial No. 14 of 2019
[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 2020
Criminal Trial No. 8 of 2018
[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 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 17 of 2019
[Criminal law – stay of execution denied – appeal – no exceptional circumstances or no special reasons – dismissed ]
Decision date: 18 Aug 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 24 of 2020
[Criminal law – Drug consumption – Second offender – Mandatory minimum sentence – S.29(3A) of the Misuse of Drugs Act]
Decision date: 17 Aug 2020
Criminal Motion No. 31 of 2020
[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 Prosecutor
CM/31/2020
Decision date: 13 Aug 2020
Criminal Appeal No. 4 of 2020
[Criminal law – Outraging modesty – Unsworn evidence – Corroboration – Sentence]
Decision date: 13 Aug 2020
Criminal Trial No. 2 of 2020
[Criminal Law — section 393, and read with section 398 of the Penal Code, Cap 22, section 448 of Cap 22 — pleaded guilty to both charges — robbery with deadly weapon — previous convictions under section 457 of the Penal Code — total imprisonment of 9 years and 12 strokes.]
Date of Sentence: 13 Aug 2020
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