PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH XXXX

ab-45b-1-01-2020 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 January 2026 • AB-45B-1-01/2020 • 119 min read

18 cases cited (0 SG, 18 foreign)

Catchwords

Criminal Procedure - Penal Code - Offence of murder under s.302 read with s.34 - Accused persons were child offenders - Direct and circumstantial evidence - Admissions by perpetrators - Whether prosecution has proved all the ingredients of the offence - One of issues was whether an unrecorded video call may be admissible as evidence - Court found a prima facie case has been proved - Defence merely bare denial and afterthought - Both child offenders found guilty and convicted - Sentenced to detention at pleasure of His Majesty the Ruler

Practice Areas

Criminal Procedure

Judges (1)

Noor Ruwena binti Md. Nurdin Delivered

Counsel (8)

Kevin & Co. Firm Pejabat Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Negeri Perak Firm Ranjit Singh Sandhu & Co. Firm Faazil Rahman Counsel Accused Kevin Joshua Counsel Accused Leong Xin Wen Counsel Accused Ranjit Singh Sandhu A/L Shingara Singh Counsel Accused Sally Chay Mei Ling Counsel Prosecution

Parties (1)

Pendakwa Raya Prosecutor

Statutes Cited

Child Act 2001 (Cap 611)

Evidence Act

s 27 s 8

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Penal Code (Cap 574)

Cases Cited (18)

UK (2)

[1969] 1 All ER 451 [1969] 2 QB 37

MY (16)

[1963] MLJ 263 [1968] 1 MLJ 36 [1973] 1 MLJ 179 [1975] 1 MLJ 46 [1981] 1 MLJ 212 [1983] 2 MLJ 232 [1991] 3 MLJ 169 [1994] 2 CLJ 151 [1998] 2 MLJ 577 [1999] 2 CLJ 215 [2005] 1 AMR 321 [2005] 3 CLJ 592 [2009] 3 CLJ 109 [2011] 1 CLJ 626 [2011] 6 CLJ 522 [2013] 2 MLJ 676

Judgment

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