SWARAN SINGH A/L MOTA SINGH v Pendakwa Raya

ja-43-10-05-2026 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 11 May 2026 • JA-43-10-05/2026

Catchwords

Criminal procedure — Criminal revision — Remand order — Application to set aside — Whether remand order properly made — Mandatory duty of investigating officer to disclose prior detention — Non-disclosure of prior remand application and refusal thereof — Whether non-disclosure fatal to remand — Absence of nexus between arrested person and offence — Complainant's description of assailants as Malay men — Arrested person of Indian/Punjabi ethnicity — No connecting evidence on record — Whether requisite nexus established — Criminal Procedure Code (Act 593) ss 117(1), 117(2)(b), 117(3), 117(5), 323(1) — Remand order set aside

Practice Areas

Criminal procedure

Judges (1)

Avinder Singh Gill a/l Ranjit Singh Delivered

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Swaran Singh a/l Mota Singh Applicant

Judgment

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