MOHD NOOR AAZLY BIN YAHYA v Pendakwa Raya
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Criminal Procedure — Revision — Scope of revisionary jurisdiction — Whether High Court entitled to interfere with discretion of Magistrate — Whether decision suffered from illegality, impropriety or material irregularity — Criminal Procedure Code ss 323(1), 254, 259 Criminal Procedure — Discharge Not Amounting to Acquittal (DNAA) — Trial already commenced — Prosecution failed to call witnesses — Prosecution did not invoke s 254 CPC — Whether Magistrate had power to grant discharge and acquittal — Whether DNAA was sole lawful order — Criminal Procedure Code ss 254, 254A, 259 Criminal Procedure — Adjournment — Application by prosecution refused — Absence of witnesses — Whether refusal of adjournment obliged court to acquit accused — Powers of Magistrate upon refusal of adjournment — Criminal Procedure Code s 259 Criminal Procedure — Re prosecution after DNAA — Validity of repeated DNAA orders — Whether repeated DNAA constitutes abuse of process — Whether court may restrain prosecutorial discretion — Criminal Procedure Code s 254A Constitutional Law — Public Prosecutor’s discretion — Scope and limits — Whether discretion unfettered — Application of Art 145(3) Federal Constitution — Whether prosecution acted irrationally, mala fide or oppressively — Effect of Sundra Rajoo decision Constitutional Law — Article 5(1) — Right to life and personal liberty — Whether repeated reprosecution after DNAA violates constitutional fairness — Criminal Procedure Code as “law” under Art 5(1) Courts — Subordinate courts — Powers of Magistrate — Whether Magistrate may compel prosecution to close case — Whether Magistrate may grant acquittal absent invocation of s 254 CPC — Judicial restraint Precedent — Binding authority — Applicability of Public Prosecutor v Zainuddin Sulaiman & Ors — Distinction from conflicting High Court authorities — Doctrine of stare decisis Evidence & Procedure — Stage of proceedings — Whether trial was ‘fresh trial’ or continuation — Effect of s 254A CPC — Trial continuation after DNAA
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