PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH PANIRTHASAN A/L MUTHY

ba-45-35-08-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 16 April 2026 • BA-45-35-08/2024 • 28 min read

18 cases cited (0 SG, 18 foreign)

Catchwords

criminal procedure-section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and section 8 of the Firearms (Special Penalty) section 39B-whether the accused had actual possession of the dangerous drug exhibits and possession of the firearm - whether the presumption of trafficking under the Dangerous Drugs Act applies- the prosecution failed to exclude access of a third party to the dangerous drugs and firearm found in room 2 of the condominium unit- the accused did not have the access card to the condominium unit-the accused did not live in the condominium on full-time basis-whether section 114(g) applies against the prosecution for failure to call a material witness-failure by the police to administer caution

Judges (1)

Hazlina binti Hussain Delivered

Counsel (3)

Aiswarya Devi Counsel Accused Datuk N. Sivananthan Counsel Accused Tengku Najihah bt. Tingku Zahari Counsel Prosecution

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Prosecutor Panirthasan a/l Muthy Accused

Statutes Cited

Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)

s 179

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)

Evidence Act

s 114(g) s 27 s 32(1)(i) s 8

Cases Cited (18)

UK (1)

[1968] 2 All ER 356

MY (17)

[1949] MLJ 54 [1956] MLJ 237 [1988] 2 MLJ 577 [1999] 2 AMR 2017 [1999] 2 CLJ 215 [1999] 2 MLJ 1 [2002] 3 MLJ 695 [2005] 1 CLJ 85 [2005] 6 AMR 203 [2006] 1 CLJ 457 [2009] 1 CLJ 717 [2010] 4 MLJ 25 [2011] 4 CLJ 113 [2013] 4 CLJ 149 [2014] 3 MLJ 392 [2020] MLJU 782 [2021] 4 MLJ 660

Judgment

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