PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH UMA SELVAM A/L SUBRAMANIAM

aa-45a-7-02-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 20 April 2026 • AA-45A-7-02/2022 • 28 min read

20 cases cited (0 SG, 20 foreign)

Catchwords

CRIMINAL LAW: Dangerous Drugs – Possession, custody and control – Trafficking in cannabis – Whether prosecution established possession and knowledge of drugs found outside house compound and inside rented room – Whether open accessibility of compound and presence of multiple occupants raised reasonable doubt – Whether absence of key, personal belongings and forensic linkage weakened inference of control over room – Whether reliance on section 27 Evidence Act 1950 amounted merely to recovery rather than discovery – Whether recorded statement under section 32(1)(i) Evidence Act 1950 could cure investigative deficiencies – Whether statutory presumption of trafficking under section 37(da) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 arose

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (7)

Alif, Hafiz & Partners Firm Perak State Legal Adviser's Office Firm Aliff Aiman bin Rusli Counsel Accused Geetha Jora Singh Counsel Prosecution Izzat Fakhri bin Halimi Counsel Accused Mohamad Hafiz bin Jalaludin Counsel Accused Shahrul Nizam bin Mohd Rabi Counsel Accused

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Prosecutor Uma Selvam a/l Subramaniam Accused

Statutes Cited

Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (20)

MY (20)

[1987] 1 CLJ 250 [1987] 1 MLJ 492 [1989] 2 CLJ 1168 [1989] 3 MLJ 356 [1994] 2 MLJ 576 [1994] 4 CLJ 2028 [1998] 2 CLJ 170 [1998] 2 MLJ 273 [2003] 1 CLJ 734 [2003] 2 MLJ 505 [2005] 1 CLJ 85 [2005] 2 MLJ 301 [2013] 3 MLJ 630 [2013] 4 CLJ 149 [2015] MLJU 2234 [2021] 4 MLJ 660 [2021] 6 CLJ 623 [2022] 4 MLJ 111 [2022] 5 CLJ 659 [2022] 6 MLJ 417

Judgment

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