PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya] TERTUDUH MUHAMMAD HUZAIRI BIN RAZALI
33 cases cited
(2 SG, 31 foreign)
Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW: - Murder – Penal Code S. 299, 300, 302 – Whether elements under S. 300 established – Intention – Accused stabbed both victims with a “parang” – Whether intended to cause death – Whether injuries sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death – Whether the accused person had knowledge that death would be the likely result – Whether prosecution must prove intention to cause death – Or whether sufficient to prove intention to inflict fatal injuries – Whether absence of the accused DNA and fingerprint fatal – Whether failure to adduce CCTV recording fatal. CRIMINAL LAW: - Defence – Abnormality of mind - Accused suffering from Intermittent Explosive Disorder – Whether this condition - Substantially impairs the accused mental responsibility or causes diminished responsibility – At the time of committing the offence – Whether it falls under S. 84 Penal Code for protection – Threshold of legal insanity for S. 84 – The applicable test for defence of legal insanity - Decision of the Federal Court in PP v Mohd Rozani Yahya [2025] 2 CLJ 21 - Whether the accused has succeeded in discharging the burden on the balance of probabilities – Whether accused has raised a reasonable doubt. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: - Sentence – Death sentence – Exercise of discretion – Not to impose sentence of imprisonment – Whether falls under exceptional case - Murder of two innocent victims – Victims unknown to the accused - Multiple incise wounds on the face – Three stab wounds on the chest – Accused went looking for victims to inflict injuries.
Practice Areas
Counsel (3)
Case Significance
PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya] TERTUDUH MUHAMMAD HUZAIRI BIN RAZALI is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated January 26, 2025 (citation: jb-45b-2-08-2020). The case was decided by Suria Kumar a/l Durairaj Johnson Paul.
Key issues: CRIMINAL LAW: -.
What was the outcome of PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya] TERTUDUH MUHAMMAD HUZAIRI BIN RAZALI?
PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya] TERTUDUH MUHAMMAD HUZAIRI BIN RAZALI is a High Court decision dated January 26, 2025. The case was heard by Suria Kumar a/l Durairaj Johnson Paul. See the full judgment for details.
Statutes Cited
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)
Penal Code (Cap 574)
Cases Cited (33)
SLR (2)
[1998] 2 SLR 22 [2000] 4 SLR 193
UK (1)
[1960] 2 QB 396
MY (30)
[1963] MLJ 84 [1971] 2 MLJ 16 [1974] 1 MLJ 230 [1977] 1 MLJ 6 [1983] 2 CLJ 10 [1993] 1 CLJ 147 [1994] 4 CLJ 419 [1994] 4 CLJ 464 [1995] 4 MLJ 300 [1997] 1 CLJ 233 [1997] 3 MLJ 495 [1998] 1 CLJ 759 [1998] 2 CLJ 213 [1998] 2 CLJ 383 [2004] 1 CLJ 378 [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [2005] 1 CLJ 85 [2006] 1 CLJ 457 [2013] 2 MLJ 676 [2013] 4 CLJ 21 [2013] 4 CLJ 757 [2014] 7 CLJ 392 [2015] 1 CLJ 1080 [2015] MLJU 2004 [2017] 7 CLJ 273 [2022] 1 CLJ 673 [2023] 1 CLJ 739 [2024] 5 CLJ 40 [2025] 1 CLJ 517 [2025] 2 CLJ 21
Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal.
Read on eJudgmentSource: eJudgment (jb-45b-2-08-2020)