ABDUL BASIT BADAR BIN MOHAMAD v Pendakwa Raya

ja-42jsks-9-03-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 26 April 2026 • JA-42JSKS-9-03/2025 • 35 min read
51 cases cited (6 SG, 45 foreign)

Catchwords

Criminal Law — Sexual offences against children — Physical sexual assault — Conviction and sentence — Appeal — Whether prosecution proved case beyond reasonable doubt — Credibility of child witness — Inconsistencies — Misdirection by trial judge — Concurrent findings of fact --- Safe conviction — Appellate interference — Sentencing principles — Whether sentence manifestly excessive — s. 14(a) Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017

Practice Areas

Criminal Law

Judges (1)

Abdul Fareed bin Abdul Gafoor Delivered

Counsel (3)

Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Johor Firm Azlan Bin Abdul Razak Counsel Appellant Nur Farah Wahida Bt. Shahudin Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Abdul Basit Badar bin Mohamad Appellant

Cases Cited (51)

SLR (6)
[1996] 3 SLR 32 [1996] 3 SLR 329 [1998] 2 SLR 42 [2000] 4 SLR 96 [2008] 1 SLR 601 [2008] 1 SLR(R) 601
MY (44)
[1950] 16 MLJ 33 [1964] MLJ 30 [1965] 1 MLJ 40 [1969] 2 MLJ 209 [1980] 1 MLJ 160 [1981] 1 MLJ 84 [1992] 1 CLJ 180 [1995] 3 CLJ 639 [1999] 2 MLJ 1 [2005] 1 CLJ 1 [2005] 5 MLJ 409 [2006] 2 CLJ 251 [2006] 3 MLJ 289 [2006] 5 CLJ 436 [2010] 9 CLJ 785 [2012] 2 CLJ 1006 [2012] 2 MLJ 51 [2013] 3 MLJ 630 [2013] 8 CLJ 359 [2013] MLJU 762 [2015] 2 CLJ 145 [2015] MLJU 816 [2017] 1 CLJ 617 [2017] 3 MLJ 492 [2017] 5 MLJ 736 [2019] CLJ 656 [2019] MLJU 390 [2019] MLJU 830 [2020] 1 CLJ 63 [2020] 1 MLJ 544 [2020] 10 MLJ 210 [2020] 4 MLJ 80 [2020] 5 MLJ 417 [2020] 8 CLJ 267 [2020] MLJU 1291 [2020] MLJU 1960 [2020] MLJU 206 [2021] 2 MLJ 451 [2021] MLJU 2 [2022] MLJU 14 [2022] MLJU 2009 [2022] MLJU 2023 [2023] MLJU 2799 [2023] MLJU 518
IN (1)
AIR 1996 SC 1393

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