PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH SUKUMARAN A/L SELVANATHAN

ba-45a-123-12-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 20 April 2025 • BA-45A-123-12/2023

Catchwords

Dangerous drugs – trafficking – doubt as to identity of impugned articles seized and sent to chemist - reduction in gross weight of the impugned drugs between the range of 124.62 grams to 761.4 grams – increment in gross weight between 99.05 grams to 1,778 grams - no explanation for the weight discrepancies were offered by the prosecution - investigating officer offered an assumption of a possibility that the weighing scale provided by the police department was uncalibrated - break in the chain of evidence - benefit of the doubt be given to the accused

Judges (1)

Wendy Ooi Su Ghee Delivered

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Prosecutor Sukumaran a/l Selvanathan Accused

Case Significance

PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH SUKUMARAN A/L SELVANATHAN is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated April 20, 2025 (citation: ba-45a-123-12-2023). The case was decided by Wendy Ooi Su Ghee.

What was the outcome of PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH SUKUMARAN A/L SELVANATHAN?

PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH SUKUMARAN A/L SELVANATHAN is a High Court decision dated April 20, 2025. The case was heard by Wendy Ooi Su Ghee. See the full judgment for details.

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (ba-45a-123-12-2023)