Pendakwa Raya v ASIHAR BIN KAMARUDDIN

aa-42jskh-4-08-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 6 May 2025 • AA-42JSKH-4-08/2024 • 23 min read

23 cases cited (0 SG, 23 foreign)

Catchwords

Criminal Law — Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 — s 14(a) — Physical sexual assault — Whether Sessions Judge erred in rejecting defence as afterthought — Whether line of defence was put during cross-examination — Whether failure to evaluate defence constituted material misdirection — Whether misdirection occasioned miscarriage of justice Evidence — Cross-examination — Scope and effect — Defence case put to complainant — Complainant denied — Whether trial court erred in holding defence not put — Whether failure to evaluate defence — Whether misdirection in law — Whether miscarriage of justice Evidence — Standard of proof — Reasonable doubt — Whether burden on prosecution discharged — Whether false or weak defence fatal to accused — Whether trial court misapplied test of inherent reasonableness Criminal Law — Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 s 14(a) — Physical sexual assault — Whether complainant under 18 years — Whether age proven beyond reasonable doubt — Whether IC sufficient to prove age — Whether burden on prosecution discharged Criminal Procedure — Appeal — Sentence — Judicial discretion — Whether sentence within legal bounds — Whether Sessions Court imposed sentence with rational consideration of all relevant factors — Whether discretion exercised in unauthorised, extraneous or irrelevant manner — Whether appellate court should interfere.

Practice Areas

Criminal Law

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (4)

Charanjit, V. Santhiran and Partners Firm Perak Legal Advisor Offices Firm Geetha Jora Singh Counsel Prosecution V. Santhiran Counsel Accused

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Appellant Asihar bin Kamaruddin Respondent

Case Significance

Pendakwa Raya v ASIHAR BIN KAMARUDDIN is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated May 6, 2025 (citation: aa-42jskh-4-08-2024). The case was decided by Moses Susayan.

What was the outcome of Pendakwa Raya v ASIHAR BIN KAMARUDDIN?

Pendakwa Raya v ASIHAR BIN KAMARUDDIN is a High Court decision dated May 6, 2025. The case was heard by Moses Susayan. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (23)

MY (23)

[1963] 1 MLRH 400 [1963] MLJ 263 [1971] 1 MLRH 91 [1971] 2 MLJ 16 [1981] 1 MLJ 212 [1982] 1 MLJ 83 [1984] 2 CLJ 219 [1985] 1 MLJ 38 [1991] 3 MLJ 169 [1995] 2 MLJ 770 [1995] 3 AMR 2375 [1995] 3 CLJ 639 [1998] 2 CLJ 1 [1998] 2 MLJ 577 [1999] 1 AMR 1 [1999] 3 CLJ 640 [2005] 1 AMR 405 [2005] 1 CLJ 1 [2005] 1 MLJ 699 [2005] 2 CLJ 655 [2005] 3 AMR 107 [2005] 4 MLJ 733 [2014] 6 MLJ 282

Judgment

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Read on eJudgment

Source: eJudgment (aa-42jskh-4-08-2024)