Kamaruddin Bin Abd Rahim v Pendakwa Raya [Timbalan Pendakwa Raya (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara]

a-05m-14-01-2023 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 27 August 2024 • A-05(M)-14-01/2023 • 39 min read

11 cases cited (0 SG, 11 foreign)

Catchwords

kesalahan membunuh seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan prima facie dibuktikan membela diri bersalah disabitkan sabitan gantung sampai mati sebulat suara bermerit diketepikan digantikan perintah/hukuman penjara tempoh 30 tahun berkuatkuasa tarikh tangkapan disebat rotan sejumlah 12 kali saksi mata disyaki dipukul sebatang kayu rampasan punca kejadian masalah hutang pertuduhan penemuan mayat kepala trauma objek tumpul keterangan langsung ikut keadaan niat melampaui keraguan munasabah fakta material barang ujian pengesanan perbandingan DNA hasil analisa Bedah Siasat mayat Simati tengkorak patah terbenam dasar otak pendarahan subaraknoid dapatan fakta boleh dipercayai (credible) konsisten kredibilti viva voce ketidakadilan fatal bertentangan teras/ substantive material Kenyataan Bertulis corak kedudukan pattern distribution kecederaan

Judges (3)

Ahmad Zaidi bin Ibrahim Delivered Mohamed Zaini bin Mazlan Coram Noorin binti Badaruddin Coram

Counsel (5)

Jabatan Peguam Negara Firm Sandeep Gobindeep & Co. Firm Aashwini Rajan Counsel Appellant Fuad Abd Aziz Counsel Respondent Gurbachan Singh a/l Bagawan Singh Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Kamaruddin bin Abd Rahim Appellant

Case Significance

Kamaruddin Bin Abd Rahim v Pendakwa Raya [Timbalan Pendakwa Raya (TPR), Jabat... is a Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) decision dated August 27, 2024 (citation: a-05m-14-01-2023). <p>The appellant was convicted of murder under section 302 of the Penal Code for killing a victim at a market stall in Lumut by striking him with a blunt object, causing fatal skull fractures. The Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the conviction but allowed the appeal against the death sentence, substituting it with 30 years' imprisonment from the date of arrest and 12 strokes of the cane. The Court found the case did not fall within the 'rarest of the rare' category warranting the death penalt The panel comprised Ahmad Zaidi bin Ibrahim, Mohamed Zaini bin Mazlan and Noorin binti Badaruddin, with Ahmad Zaidi bin Ibrahim delivering the judgment. Counsel appearing: Aashwini Rajan (counsel for appellant), Fuad Abd Aziz (counsel for respondent), Gurbachan Singh a/l Bagawan Singh (counsel for appellant).

Summary

The appellant was convicted of murder under section 302 of the Penal Code for killing a victim at a market stall in Lumut by striking him with a blunt object, causing fatal skull fractures. The Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the conviction but allowed the appeal against the death sentence, substituting it with 30 years' imprisonment from the date of arrest and 12 strokes of the cane. The Court found the case did not fall within the 'rarest of the rare' category warranting the death penalty.

What was the outcome of Kamaruddin Bin Abd Rahim v Pendakwa Raya [Timbalan Pendakwa Raya (TPR), Jabat...?

<p>The appellant was convicted of murder under section 302 of the Penal Code for killing a victim at a market stall in Lumut by striking him with a bl...

Statutes Cited

Penal Code (Cap 574)

Cases Cited (11)

MY (11)

[1969] 2 MLJ 209 [1977] 1 MLJ 174 [1977] 1 MLJ 316 [1991] 1 MLJ 158 [1999] 4 CLJ 497 [2005] 1 CLJ 85 [2007] 5 CLJ 1 [2017] MLJU 257 [2022] 1 CLJ 637 [2023] MLJU 130 [2024] MLRA 266

Judgment

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